360 Pages
by
Routledge
360 Pages
by
Routledge
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From the 12th century onwards merchants from the north Italian and southern French towns were able to take advantage of Christian conquests in southern Italy, Sicily and the Levant to penetrate and dominate the markets of these regions and of North Africa. The articles collected in this volume examine the economic, social and religious impact of this combination of trade and conquest . They... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia in the medieval Mediterranean economy; Le origini del dualismo economico italiano; The end of Muslim Sicily; L’attività commerciale genovese nell’Africa normanna: la città di Tripoli; The reputation of a Norman king in Angevin Naples; Pisan commercial colonies and consulates in 12th-century Sicily; A Tyrrhenian triangle: Tuscany, Sicily, Tunis, 1277-1300; Una communità ebraica della Sicilia occidentale: Erice 1298-1304; The Crown and the economy under Ferrante of Naples (1458-1494); Gli italiani fuori Italia; The Levant trade of the minor cities in the 13th and 14th centuries: strengths and weaknesses; The merchants of Messina: Levant trade and domestic economy; The Anconitan privileges in the kingdom of Jerusalem and the Levant trade of Ancona; Narbonne, the lands of the Crown of Aragon and the Levant trade 1187-1400; Genoa and the security of the seas: the mission of Babilano Lomellino in 1350; Invented Italians in the Courtois Charters; Index.
Biography
David Abulafia
