Italy in the Central Middle Ages: 1000-1300 / Edition 1

by David Abulafia (Editor)

Overview

Incorporating the latest developments in the study of the period, a team of leading international scholars provides a fresh and dynamic picture of a period of great transformation in the political, cultural, and economic life of the Italian peninsula, which witnessed the rise of autonomous city states in the north, the creation of a powerful kingdom in the south, and the development of the Italian language as a vehicle for literary expression.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199247042
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/06/2004
Series:	Short Oxford History of Italy
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

David Abulafia is Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College. He has published widely on the history of the Mediterranean from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries.

Table of Contents

Introduction, David Abulafia1. Cities and Communes, Eddie Coleman2. Law and Monarchy, Hiroshi Takayama3. Papal Italy, Brenda Bolton4. The Signori, Trevor Dean5. Trade and Navigation, Marco Tangheroni6. The Family, Steven Epstein7. Rural Italy, Duane Osheim8. Religious Life, Daniel Bornstein9. Material Life, Patricia Skinner10. Language and Culture, Alberto Varvaro11. The Italian Other: Greeks, Jews, and Muslims, David Abulafia12. Sardinia and Italy, Marco TangheroniConclusion, David Abulafia