Reassessing Wheat Crises in Eighteenth-century Thessaloniki

Wheat crises and local riots in eighteenth-century Thessaloniki are not unknown to scholars. However, all the relative conclusions are based mostly on Svoronos' and Iliadou's indexes rather than on additional research of primary sources. Therefore, much space has been given to speculation...

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Main Author:	Basil C. Gounaris
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Institute for Neohellenic Research 2009-01-01
Series:	Historical Review
Online Access:	https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/historicalReview/article/view/4002

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spelling	doaj-96d0c4ca30ab4616ac36e4d81f757e562020-11-24T23:33:54ZengInstitute for Neohellenic Research Historical Review1790-35721791-76032009-01-0150416510.12681/hr.2203352Reassessing Wheat Crises in Eighteenth-century ThessalonikiBasil C. Gounaris0Aristotle University of ThessalonikiWheat crises and local riots in eighteenth-century Thessaloniki are not unknown to scholars. However, all the relative conclusions are based mostly on Svoronos' and Iliadou's indexes rather than on additional research of primary sources. Therefore, much space has been given to speculation and various issues have been left without proper examination. This paper seeks to explore, through the study of the French consular correspondence, if there was a common pattern in all wheat crises; why did not all crises develop into open revolts; and, who were the basic participants in the making and management of the crises. It asserts that the development of wheat shortages into popular riots was the outcome of local commercial interests and calculated petty politics, not of famine.https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/historicalReview/article/view/4002
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title	Reassessing Wheat Crises in Eighteenth-century Thessaloniki
title_short	Reassessing Wheat Crises in Eighteenth-century Thessaloniki
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description	Wheat crises and local riots in eighteenth-century Thessaloniki are not unknown to scholars. However, all the relative conclusions are based mostly on Svoronos' and Iliadou's indexes rather than on additional research of primary sources. Therefore, much space has been given to speculation and various issues have been left without proper examination. This paper seeks to explore, through the study of the French consular correspondence, if there was a common pattern in all wheat crises; why did not all crises develop into open revolts; and, who were the basic participants in the making and management of the crises. It asserts that the development of wheat shortages into popular riots was the outcome of local commercial interests and calculated petty politics, not of famine.
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Reassessing Wheat Crises in Eighteenth-century Thessaloniki

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