David Abulafia: 4 books
The Great Sea
A Human History of the Mediterranean
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea has been for millennia the place where religions, economies, and political systems met, clashed, influenced and absorbed one another. In this brilliant and expansive book, David Abulafia offers a fresh perspective by focusing on the sea itself:...
by David Abulafia, Nora Berend
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
In recent years, the 'medieval frontier' has been the subject of extensive research. But the term has been understood in many different ways: political boundaries; fuzzy lines across which trade, religions and ideas cross; attitudes to other peoples and their customs. This book draws attention to...
Das Mittelmeer
Eine Biographie
Language: German
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Das aufsehenerregende Standardwerk in opulenter Ausstattung – reich bebildert im Großformat. Die Geschichte eines einzigartigen Kulturraums neu erzählt.Über 3000 Jahre war das Mittelmeer eines der großen Zentren der Zivilisation. Seine gesamte Geschichte wird hier von dem großen Historiker...
The Western Mediterranean Kingdoms
The Struggle for Dominion, 1200-1500
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
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,...