Taken as a whole, this collection of writings presents an original, Mediterranean perspective on the economy, society and politics of middle and late medieval Europe.
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.
How did medieval people create frontiers, and how did they describe and understand their function? To what extent did medieval observers see a frontier between... Læs mere