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Can We Talk Mediterranean? : Conversations on an Emerging Field in Medieval and Early Modern Studies / / edited by Brian A. Catlos, Sharon Kinoshita
| Can We Talk Mediterranean? : Conversations on an Emerging Field in Medieval and Early Modern Studies / / edited by Brian A. Catlos, Sharon Kinoshita |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXI, 153 p. 5 illus., 3 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 940.903 |
| Collana | Mediterranean Perspectives |
| Soggetto topico |
Europe—History—1492-
Civilization—History Literature, Modern Ethnology—Europe History of Early Modern Europe Cultural History Early Modern/Renaissance Literature European Culture |
| ISBN | 3-319-55726-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Why the Mediterranean? -- 2. The Thalassal Optic -- 3. Negotiating the Corrupting Sea: Literature "in" and "of" the Medieval Mediterranean -- 4. Desiderata for the Study of Early Modern Art of the Mediterranean -- 5. The Maritime, the Ecological, the Cultural—and the Fig Leaf: Prospects for Medieval Mediterranean Studies -- 6. Beneath the Surface: Responses and Queries -- 7. Reflections: Talking Mediterranean -- 8. Further Reading. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254761103321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A companion to Mediterranean history / / edited by Peregrine Horden and Sharon Kinoshita
| A companion to Mediterranean history / / edited by Peregrine Horden and Sharon Kinoshita |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (749 p.) |
| Disciplina | 909.09822 |
| Collana | Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History |
| ISBN |
1-118-51937-X
1-118-52415-2 1-118-51935-3 1-118-51933-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; WILEY BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO HISTORY; Title page; Copyright page; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: Climate and Vegetation; CHAPTER ONE : The Mediterranean Climate; Formation and structure of the Mediterranean climate system; Climate variability since the mid-Holocene; Sources of data; Linking climate variations to the events of human history; CHAPTER TWO : The Vegetative Mediterranean; A sea of plants; The deforested sea; The Mediterranean exchange; Empires of plants I: Rome; Empires of plants II: the caliphate; Conclusion
PART II: Turning Points and PhasesCHAPTER THREE : Mediterranean "Prehistory"; The speciating sea; Seafaring and farming; The formative "long" third millennium; Big worlds, small worlds; The making of a middle sea; CHAPTER FOUR : The Ancient Mediterranean; "Mediterranean antiquity"-an abusive relationship?1; Primary production marks out a different world2; "The powers that ruled the sea"3; The accidents of integration4; Maritime civilizations? Ancient history and cross-cultural exchange5; CHAPTER FIVE : The Medieval Mediterranean; The "breakdown of Mediterranean unity" From Muslim to Latin MediterraneanFrom a compartmentalized sea to a Mediterranean inserted into complex networks; The production of a "Mediterranean normativity"; Conclusion; CHAPTER SIX : The Early Modern Mediterranean; The Ottoman Mediterranean; From Italian to Ottoman merchants; The Mediterranean viewed from the east; The Mediterranean in the world; The question of decline; From traders to imperialists; CHAPTER SEVEN: Mediterranean Modernity?; A modern Mediterranean?; A Mediterranean modernity?; Honor and shame; Patronage and corruption; Cosmopolitanism and modernity; The sea's seven souls CHAPTER EIGHT : Po-Mo MedPART III: Politics and Power; CHAPTER NINE : Thalassocracies; Meanings; Origins; Infrastructures; CHAPTER TEN : Nautical Technology; CHAPTER ELEVEN : Piracy; Three vignettes; Lessons learned; Rethinking the history of Mediterranean piracy; Tactical matters matter; The distinctiveness of Mediterranean piracy; Conclusion; Appendix; CHAPTER TWELVE : Cartography; PART IV: Settlement and Society; CHAPTER THIRTEEN : Settlement Patterns; Introduction; Micro-locations; The fission-fusion model; Markets, administrative and military foci Sustaining radii: their transformation over time, and the density of central placesCommerce and empire, settlements and industry, consumer and producer cities; Gateway and entrepreneurial communities; Regional growth trajectories; Warfare; Plans and functions of internal settlement space; Mediterranean uniqueness?; CHAPTER FOURTEEN : Cave Dwelling; Constructing a chronology of cave living and cut-rock architecture; The morphology of cave villages; Defensive structures; Hydraulic systems; Inside the cave residences; Religious houses; The economy of cave villages The disappearance of troglodyte settlements |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910140291903321 |
| West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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