2022/09/12 by J. J. Merelo-Guervós, Merelo-Guervós, J. J.
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Computers and Society (cs.CY) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Historical Economic and Social Studies #Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2209.07334
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The Venetian republic was one of the most successful trans-modern states, surviving for a millennium through innovation, commercial cunning, exploitation of colonies and legal stability. Part of the success might be due to its government structure, a republic ruled by a doge chosen among a relatively limited set of Venetian patrician families. In this paper we analyze the structure of the social network they formed through marriage, and how government was monopolized by a relatively small set of families, the ones that became patrician first.