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Anonymous

What is a “stranger merchant”?

The context is world trade in the 1300s-1400s, although any ideas would be appreciated.

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A few days ago
St N

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A stranger merchant at that time would be a merchant who was not from the state in which he was selling. Examples would be a Genoese merchant in Florence, an Arab in Venice or Dutch trader in India, which gave us the term Ferenghi (did I spell it right?).
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