The Medieval Mediterranean

Author : Jessica L. Goldberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139560468
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trade and Institutions in the Medieval Mediterranean written by Jessica L. Goldberg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Geniza merchants of the eleventh-century Mediterranean - sometimes called the 'Maghribi traders' - are central to controversies about the origins of long-term economic growth and the institutional bases of trade. In this book, Jessica Goldberg reconstructs the business world of the Geniza merchants, maps the shifting geographic relationships of the medieval Islamic economy and sheds new light on debates about the institutional framework for later European dominance. Commercial letters, business accounts and courtroom testimony bring to life how these medieval traders used personal gossip and legal mechanisms to manage far-flung agents, switched business strategies to manage political risks and asserted different parts of their fluid identities to gain advantage in the multicultural medieval trading world. This book paints a vivid picture of the everyday life of Jewish merchants in Islamic societies and adds new depth to debates about medieval trading institutions with unique quantitative analyses and innovative approaches.

Author : Y. Tzvi Langermann
Publisher : Penn State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271071091
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Texts in Transit in the Medieval Mediterranean written by Y. Tzvi Langermann and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays using historical and philological approaches to study the transit of texts in the Mediterranean basin in the medieval period. Examines the nature of texts themselves and how they travel, and reveals the details behind the transit of texts across cultures, languages, and epochs.

Author : Karla Mallette
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022679606X
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lives of the Great Languages written by Karla Mallette and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-09-17 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I: Group Portrait with Language -- Chapter 1: A Poetics of the Cosmopolitan Language -- Chapter 2: My Tongue -- Chapter 3: A Cat May Look at a King -- Part II: Space, Place, and the Cosmopolitan Language -- Chapter 4: Territory / Frontiers / Routes -- Chapter 5: Tracks -- Chapter 6: Tribal Rugs -- Part III: Translation and Time -- Chapter 7: The Soul of a New Language -- Chapter 8: On First Looking into Mattā's Aristotle -- Chapter 9: "I Became a Fable" -- Chapter 10: A Spy in the House of Language -- Part IV: Beyond the Cosmopolitan Language -- Chapter 11: Silence -- Chapter 12: The Shadow of Latinity -- Chapter 13: Life Writing.

Author : María Marcos Cobaleda
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030533662
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Artistic and Cultural Dialogues in the Late Medieval Mediterranean written by María Marcos Cobaleda and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the artistic and cultural legacy of Western Islamic societies and their interactions with Islamic, Christian and Jewish societies in the framework of the late medieval Mediterranean, from a range of multi-disciplinary perspectives. The book, organised in four parts, addresses the Andalusi legacy from its presence in the East and the West; analyses the relations and transfers between Al-Andalus and the artistic productions of the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula; explores other manifestations of the Andalusi legacy in the fields of knowledge, construction, identity and religious studies; and reconsiders ornamental transfers and exchanges in artistic manifestations between East and West across the Mediterranean basin. Chapter 2 is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004465324
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Queering the Medieval Mediterranean: Transcultural Sea of Sex, Gender, Identity, and Culture written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queering the Medieval Mediterranean analyzes the forgotten exchange of sexualities that was brought forth through the Mediterranean and its bordering landmasses. It highlights the importance of queerness and sexuality developed on the Mediterranean trade routes.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004307729
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fictional Storytelling in the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume highlights the wealth of medieval storytelling and the fundamental unity of the medieval Mediterranean by combining in a comprehensive overview popular eastern tales along with their Greek adaptations and examining Byzantine love tales, both learned and vernacular, alongside their Persian counterparts and the later adaptations of Western romances.

Author : James Schryver
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900418175X
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in the Archaeology of the Medieval Mediterranean written by James Schryver and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume draws examples of work from around the Mediterranean basin to demonstrate the variety of archaeological studies being carried out, and the benefits each of these studies has enjoyed through the use of an interdisciplinary approach.

Author : Thomas E Burman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520969006
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sea in the Middle written by Thomas E Burman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sea in the Middle presents an original and revisionist narrative of the development of the medieval west from late antiquity to the dawn of modernity. This textbook is uniquely centered on the Mediterranean and emphasizes the role played by peoples and cultures of Africa, Asia, and Europe in an age when Christians, Muslims, and Jews of various denominations engaged with each other in both conflict and collaboration. Key features: Fifteen-chapter structure to aid classroom use Sections in each chapter that feature key artifacts relevant to chapter themes Dynamic visuals, including 190 photos and 20 maps The Sea in the Middle and its sourcebook companion, Texts from the Middle, pair together to provide a framework and materials that guide students through this complex but essential history—one that will appeal to the diverse student bodies of today.

Author : Sarah Davis-Secord
Publisher : Past Imperfect
ISBN 13 : 9781641892667
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Migration and Movement in the Mediterranean written by Sarah Davis-Secord and published by Past Imperfect. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather than divide the medieval Mediterranean into "Christian Europe" and "Muslim North Africa," this book presents the region as a single, mutually influenced, interconnected whole.

Author : Saygin Salgirli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000426122
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fluctuating Sea written by Saygin Salgirli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-12 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume fluctuates between conceptualizations of movement; either movements that buildings in the medieval Mediterranean facilitated, or the movements of the users and audiences of architecture. From medieval Anatolia to Southern France and the Genoese colony of Pera across Constantinople, The Fluctuating Sea investigates how the relationship between movement and the experiences of a multiplicity of users with different social backgrounds can provide a new perspective on architectural history. The book acknowledges the shared characteristics of medieval Mediterranean architecture, but it also argues that for the majority of people inhabiting the fragmented microecologies of the Mediterranean, architecture was a highly localized phenomenon. It is the connectivity of such localized experiences that The Fluctuating Sea uncovers. The Fluctuating Sea is a valuable source for students and scholars of the medieval Mediterranean and architectural history.