Horden / Kinoshita A Companion to Mediterranean History

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-51933-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 504 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Companions to World History

A Companion to Mediterranean History presents awide-ranging overview of this vibrant field of historical research,drawing together scholars from a range of disciplines to discussthe development of the region from Neolithic times to thepresent.
* Provides a valuable introduction to current debates onMediterranean history and helps define the field for a newgeneration
* Covers developments in the Mediterranean world from Neolithictimes to the modern era
* Enables fruitful dialogue among a wide range of disciplines,including history, archaeology, art, literature, andanthropology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horden, Peregrine

Kinoshita, Sharon

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures viii
Notes on Contributors ix
Acknowledgements xiv
Introduction 1
Peregrine Horden
Part I Climate and Vegetation 9
1 The Mediterranean Climate 11
Fredric Cheyette
2 The Vegetative Mediterranean 26
Paolo Squatriti
Part II Turning Points and Phases 43
3 Mediterranean "Prehistory" 45
Cyprian Broodbank
4 The Ancient Mediterranean 59
Nicholas Purcell
5 The Medieval Mediterranean 77
Dominique Valérian
6 The Early Modern Mediterranean 91
Molly Greene
7 Mediterranean Modernity? 107
Naor Ben-Yehoyada
8 Po-Mo Med 122
Michael Herzfeld
Part III Politics and Power 137
9 Thalassocracies 139
David Abulafia
10 Nautical Technology 154
Ruthy Gertwagen
11 Piracy 170
Clifford R. Backman
12 Cartography 184
Emilie Savage-Smith
Part IV Settlement and Society 201
13 Settlement Patterns 203
John Bintliff
14 Cave Dwelling 219
Valerie Ramseyer
15 Family and Household 234
Paola Sacchi and Pier Paolo Viazzo
16 Disease 250
Robert Sallares
17 Forms of Slavery 263
Youval Rotman
Part V Language and Culture 279
18 Material Culture 281
Tehmina Goskar
19 Visual Culture 296
Cecily J. Hilsdale
20 Mediterranean Literature 314
Sharon Kinoshita
21 Lingua Franca 330
Karla Mallette
22 Hybridity 345
Steven A. Epstein
Part VI Religions in Conflict and Co-existence359
23 Ethno-Religious Minorities 361
Brian A. Catlos
24 Shared Sacred Places 378
Maria Couroucli
25 Jews 392
Fred Astren
Part VII the Mediterranean and a Wider World 409
26 The Mediterranean and the Atlantic 411
Teofilo F. Ruiz
27 The Mediterranean and Africa 425
Ray A. Kea
28 The Mediterranean and Asia 441
Nicholas Doumanis
29 The Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean 457
Elizabeth Ann Pollard
Index 475

Über Autor(innen)

Sharon Kinoshita is Professor of Literature at theUniversity of California, Santa Cruz. She is Co-Director of theUCSC Center for Mediterranean Studies, and Co-Director of the UCMulticampus Research Project in Mediterranean Studies. Herpublications include Medieval Boundaries: Rethinking Differencein Old French Literature (2006).
Peregrine Horden is Professor of Medieval History atRoyal Holloway, University of London. He is co-author, withNicholas Purcell, of The Corrupting Sea (2000), and authorof Hospitals and Healing from Antiquity to the Later MiddleAges (2008).