The Lengre Family in Marseilles in the Fourteenth Century
Carraz, Damien
The Lengre Family in Marseilles in the Fourteenth Century - 2009.
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In the world of medieval sailing, merchant and military activities were never really dissociated as it is shown from the involvement of the Lengres family in the struggle against the Muslims. From the end of the thirteenth century, this newly settled rising family from Marseilles took part in the replacement of the shipowners’ sphere: they sent several of their galleys to the East and to Italy, they invested with the municipal offices and they rent their flotilla to the Angevin monarchy of Naples. Between 1306 and 1321, the family worked out a strong collaboration with the Hospitallers. Indeed, in the context of Rhodes’ conquest, this Military Order needed vessels to ensure a regular liaison between Provence and the Aegean. In 1309-1310, the Lengres sent some other galleys in the straits of Gibraltar for the duty of the kings of Castile and Aragon. With other Provençal ships’ managers, they especially collaborated in last Capetians and papacy projected passagium from Marseilles. In the 1330’s however, the decrease of Marseilles trade diverted the family from the Middle East. As business was henceforth limited to the coasts of Ligury, Languedoc and Catalonia, the Lengres were satisfied with participating in few acts of piracy in the Provençal sea.
The Lengre Family in Marseilles in the Fourteenth Century - 2009.
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In the world of medieval sailing, merchant and military activities were never really dissociated as it is shown from the involvement of the Lengres family in the struggle against the Muslims. From the end of the thirteenth century, this newly settled rising family from Marseilles took part in the replacement of the shipowners’ sphere: they sent several of their galleys to the East and to Italy, they invested with the municipal offices and they rent their flotilla to the Angevin monarchy of Naples. Between 1306 and 1321, the family worked out a strong collaboration with the Hospitallers. Indeed, in the context of Rhodes’ conquest, this Military Order needed vessels to ensure a regular liaison between Provence and the Aegean. In 1309-1310, the Lengres sent some other galleys in the straits of Gibraltar for the duty of the kings of Castile and Aragon. With other Provençal ships’ managers, they especially collaborated in last Capetians and papacy projected passagium from Marseilles. In the 1330’s however, the decrease of Marseilles trade diverted the family from the Middle East. As business was henceforth limited to the coasts of Ligury, Languedoc and Catalonia, the Lengres were satisfied with participating in few acts of piracy in the Provençal sea.
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