Author : David Abulafia
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 38,95 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Aragon (Spain)
ISBN :
David Abulafia presents a pioneering account of the dynastic struggle between the kings of Aragon and the Angevin Kings of Naples which shaped the political map of the Mediterranean.
Author : David S H Abulafia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,19 MB
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1317897404
A pioneering account of the dynastic struggle between the kings of Aragon and the Angevin kings of Naples, which shaped the commercial as well as the political map of the Mediterranean and had a profound effect on the futures of Spain, France, Italy and Sicily. David Abulafia does it full justice, reclaiming from undeserved neglect one of the formative themes in the history of the Middle Ages.
Author : David Abulafia
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,73 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Aragon (Spain)
ISBN :
David Abulafia presents a pioneering account of the dynastic struggle between the kings of Aragon and the Angevin Kings of Naples which shaped the political map of the Mediterranean.
Author : Stefan Esders
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 46,66 MB
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 110718715X
This interdisciplinary volume re-evaluates the interconnectedness of the Merovingian world with its Mediterranean surroundings.
Author : Eleanor A. Congdon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,22 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Colonization
ISBN : 9781409455097
Edited by Eleanor Congdon, with an introduction by Felipe Fernàndez-Armesto and James Muldoon, this collection of classic studies illuminates the problems of how the Latin expansion occurred and why it was slow and limited. The volume broaches fundamental questions of Mediterranean history formulated by Henri Pirenne and Fernand Braudel. Important work by Maria Teresa Ferrer i Mallol appears in translation for the first time, alongside pieces by such leading authorities as David Abulafia, Robert I. Burns, S.J., Miguel Angel Ladero Quesada, and Hilmar C. Krueger.
Author : Charles Freeman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 36,84 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0199263647
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Author : Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli
Publisher :
Page : 799 pages
File Size : 22,1 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Civilization, Western
ISBN : 9780500237267
This publication celebrates a major exhibition shown at the Palazzo Grassi, Venice in 1996 - a detailed study of Greek civilisation in the Western world. From the 8th century BC, Greece enjoyed an era of exceptional development and colonial expansion. New settlements sprang up along the west coast of Italy, from the Bay of Naples and the Gulf of Tarentum southwards to Sicily. Prosperity came quickly to these Western colonies: art, architecture, politics, religion, literature and science flourished as a result of a dynamic fusion of cultures, marking the beginning of an age of intense creativity. This book contains visual and textual documentation of this formative period of Greek history. Based on the collection of artefacts in the Palazzo Grassi exhibition, it contains photographs and 60 essays to survey the subject in broad detail. Following a chronological path, the book traces the diffusion of Greek influence in the West, exploring every aspect of the new societies from town planning and economy to the evolution of the Greek alphabet; from the maritime adventures of the first Achaen navigators to the revolutionary thought of the first philosophers.
Author : Roger Crowley
Publisher : Random House
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 42,86 MB
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1588367339
In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic struggle between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world. In Empires of the Sea, acclaimed historian Roger Crowley has written his most mesmerizing work to date–a thrilling account of this brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam for the soul of Europe, a fast-paced tale of spiraling intensity that ranges from Istanbul to the Gates of Gibraltar and features a cast of extraordinary characters: Barbarossa, “The King of Evil,” the pirate who terrified Europe; the risk-taking Emperor Charles V; the Knights of St. John, the last crusading order after the passing of the Templars; the messianic Pope Pius V; and the brilliant Christian admiral Don Juan of Austria. This struggle’s brutal climax came between 1565 and 1571, seven years that witnessed a fight to the finish decided in a series of bloody set pieces: the epic siege of Malta, in which a tiny band of Christian defenders defied the might of the Ottoman army; the savage battle for Cyprus; and the apocalyptic last-ditch defense of southern Europe at Lepanto–one of the single most shocking days in world history. At the close of this cataclysmic naval encounter, the carnage was so great that the victors could barely sail away “because of the countless corpses floating in the sea.” Lepanto fixed the frontiers of the Mediterranean world that we know today. Roger Crowley conjures up a wild cast of pirates, crusaders, and religious warriors struggling for supremacy and survival in a tale of slavery and galley warfare, desperate bravery and utter brutality, technology and Inca gold. Empires of the Sea is page-turning narrative history at its best–a story of extraordinary color and incident, rich in detail, full of surprises, and backed by a wealth of eyewitness accounts. It provides a crucial context for our own clash of civilizations.
Author : John Fletcher
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 33,43 MB
Release : 2022-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1803991372
In the fifth century, the Roman Empire collapsed and Western Europe began remaking itself in the turmoil that followed. In south-west Britain, old tribal authorities and identities reasserted themselves and a ruling elite led a vibrant and outward-looking kingdom with trade networks that stretched around the Atlantic coast of Europe and abroad into the Mediterranean. They and their descendants would forge their new kingdom into an identity and a culture that lasts into the modern age. The Western Kingdom is the story of Cornwall, and of how its unique language, culture and heritage survived even after politically merging with England in the tenth century. It's a tale of warfare, trade and survival – and defiance in the face of defeat.
Author : Chris Thorogood
Publisher :
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 32,73 MB
Release : 2022
Category :
ISBN : 9781842467398
A thorough field guide to the wildflowers of the western Mediterranean's sunny shores. The western Mediterranean--running from Italy to Portugal and encompassing Corsica, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands, and coastal North Africa--is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, home to more than 10,000 plant species. This updated edition of the Field Guide to the Wildflowers of the Western Mediterranean is the most comprehensive plant identification guide to the area. Covering more than 2,500 plants, this accessible guide focuses on the most common and conspicuous species that occur in the area, with descriptions, color photographs, and illustrations throughout. The book also includes sections on where to find native plants in the wild, as well as a glossary of terms. An ideal companion for wildlife and plant enthusiasts, this guide will enable even the most botanically blind to reliably identify native flora in the sunny and coastal climes of the western Mediterranean.
