ABSTRACT
Before concluding this overview of the burdens imposed on rural communities as part of the management of the Venetian military apparatus and the spin-off effects of these charges on the social and economic dynamics of the countryside, there are two additional topics that require scrutiny. One is the role played by war, requests for men and the lodging of troops in dening demographic dynamics and the other is the role these elements played in shaping the market. Focusing on these issues allows us to understand the different approaches towards managing the military organisation by local and state authorities in the two provinces – and around the Mainland Dominion as a whole. The primary aims of this book are to underline the relationship between the evolution of the Venetian military framework and the evolution of associated economic burdens and their consequent effects on local public and private economies, but secondary considerations help to illuminate specic state and local methods of military management. An analysis of demographic dynamics (in terms of manpower and consumer numbers) and market forces is vital to understanding the interplay between military structures and the private economy. They could well have had a signicant impact on military management techniques.
