Medieval Mediterranean Ports

The Catalan and Tuscan Coasts, 1100 to 1235
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-90-04-12069-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 32, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Reihe: The Medieval Mediterranean

This book presents an innovative and detailed study of the ports of the Crown of Aragon in the initial stage of the maritime expansion of medieval Catalonia, comparing them to the Tuscan coast and port-city of Pisa in the decades that witnessed the apogee of its power in the Mediterranean, and looking for common, or contrasting, traits and patterns of development. The approach is multilevel and multidisciplinary, stressing geomorphological, geographical, political, and commercial factors, and drawing on archaeological investigations as well as published ad unpublished historical documents.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Orvietani Busch, Silvia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Häfen und Hafengebiete (Bauingenieurwesen)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Preface
Maps

1. The Catalan Coast and the Crown of Aragon: A Brief History
2. The Catalan Coast: An Interaction of History, Geography, and Geomorphy
3. Lesser Ports of the Catalan Coast: Collioure, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Salou, and Cambrils
4. Two Port-cities, Two Destinies: Barcelona and Tarragona
5. The Catalan and the Northern Tuscan Coasts 1113-1235: Two Mediterranean Port-Systems Compared
6. The Catalan and the Northern Tuscan Coast 1113-1235: Relationships and Exchanges
7. Medieval Mediterranean Ports: Interdisciplinary Keys to Their Understanding

Archives and Libraries
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Silvia Orvietani Busch, Ph.D. in history, UCLA, and Dottore in Lettere, Universita di Pisa, is Assistant Director at the Strategic Research Initiatives humanities center at UCLA. She is Affiliate of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at UCLA and has published several articles on Medieval Mediterranean History.