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Commerce and Conquest in the Mediterranean, 1100-1500
Contributor(s): Abulafia, David (Author)
ISBN: 0860783774     ISBN-13: 9780860783770
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $113.85  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: July 1993
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Commerce
- History
Dewey: 380.1
LCCN: 93018602
Series: Variorum Collected Studies
Physical Information: (1.40 lbs) 360 pages
 
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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. The articles collected in this volume examine the economic, social and religious impact of this combination of trade and conquest . They include studies of the survival of Jews and Muslims in Sicily, of the debate about the 'under-development' of medieval southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia, of relations between the rulers of those regions and the merchants, and of mercantile penetration into the kingdom of Jerusalem, Cyprus and Tunis in the wake of Crusaders and Sicilian kings. A partir du 12e si cle, les marchands venant des villes du Nord de l'Italie et du Sud de la France taient devenus m ame de tirer avantage des conqu ates chr tiennes en Italie du Sud, en Sicile et dans le Levant et de p n trer, ainsi que de dominer les march s de ces diff rentes r gions et de l'Afrique du Nord. Les articles rassembl s dans ce volume examinent l'impact conomique, social et religieux de cette association entre la conqu ate et le commerce. Le recueil comprend des tudes sur la survie des Juifs et des Musulmans en Sicile, sur le d bat propos du 'sous-d veloppement' de l'Italie m ridionale, de la Sicile et de la Sardaigne au Moyen Age, sur les rapports entre les dirigeants de ces r gions et les marchands, ainsi que sur la p n tration mercantile du royaume de J rusalem, de Chypre et de Tunis, dans le sillon des Crois s et des rois de Sicile.