Economic migrants or commuters? A Note on the Crews of Genoese Galleys in the Medieval Mediterranean, 14th-15th Centuries
This paper aims to analyse some late medieval Genoese ship logs and "stipendiariorum monstrae" preserved in the State Archives of Genoa focusing on the geographical origin of the personnel on board. The author highlights the peculiar composition of the crews and their diachronic transformative dynamics, reconsidering their social role in the context of Genoese seafaring life, comparing it with the contemporary Venetian and Catalan-Aragonese context.