Vai al contenuto principale della pagina

Ionian islands : aspects of their history and culture / / edited by Anthony Hirst and Patrick Sammon



(Visualizza in formato marc)    (Visualizza in BIBFRAME)

Titolo: Ionian islands : aspects of their history and culture / / edited by Anthony Hirst and Patrick Sammon Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (506 p.)
Disciplina: 914.95
914.95047
Soggetto geografico: Ionian Islands (Greece) Guidebooks
Ionian Islands (Greece) History
Corfu Island (Greece) History
Persona (resp. second.): HirstAnthony
SammonPatrick
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; EDITORS' PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; PART II; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; PART III; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
Sommario/riassunto: The Ionian Islands stretch south from the Adriatic, where Corfu's Pantokrator mountain overlooks Albania across narrow straits, along the western coast of mainland Greece through Paxi, Kephalonia, Ithaca, Lefkada and Zakynthos, to Kythira, midway between Athens and Crete. Three crucial sea-battles were fought here-Sybota (the first recorded), Actium and Lepanto-an indication of the Ionians' role as an East-West crossroads, between Western Christendom and the Orthodox and Islamic East. Ruled ...
Titolo autorizzato: Ionian islands  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4438-6278-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910821956903321
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui