A Companion to Medieval Genoa

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-36001-3
Verlag: World Bank Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 560 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1030 g

Reihe: Brill's Companions to European History

A Companion to Medieval Genoa introduces non-specialists to recent scholarship on the vibrant and source-rich medieval history of Genoa. Focusing mostly on the eleventh to fifteenth centuries, the volume positions the city of Genoa and the Genoese within the broader history of the Italian peninsula and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages. Thematic contributions highlight the interdependence of local, regional, and international concerns, and serve as a helpful corrective to the traditional overemphasis of Florence and Venice in the English-language historiography of medieval Italy. The volume thus offers a fresh perspective on the history of medieval Italy—as well as a handy introduction to the riches of the Genoese archives—to undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars in related fields.
Contributors are Ross Balzaretti, Carrie E. Beneš, Denise Bezzina, Roberta Braccia, Luca Filangieri, George L. Gorse, Paola Guglielmotti, Thomas Kirk, Sandra Macchiavello, Merav Mack, Jeffrey Miner, Rebecca Müller, Antonio Musarra, Sandra Origone, Giovanna Petti Balbi, Valeria Polonio, Gervase Rosser, Antonella Rovere, Stefan Stantchev, and Carlo Taviani.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benes, Carrie E

Weitere Mitwirkende

Beneš, Carrie E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte Europäische Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

Editorial Note and Glossary

List of Contributors

Introduction
Carrie E. Beneš

part 1
Orientations

1 The Written Sources
Sandra Macchiavello and Antonella Rovere

2 Genoa and Liguria
Paola Guglielmotti

3 Early Medieval Genoa
Ross Balzaretti

part 2
Politics and Society

4 The Commune
Luca Filangieri

5 Political Alliance and Conflict
Antonio Musarra

6 Law and Society
Roberta Braccia

7 Social Landscapes
Denise Bezzina

part 3
Culture and Religion

8 Civic Identity
Carrie E. Beneš

9 Architecture and Urban Topography
George L. Gorse

Illustrations

10 Visual Culture and Artistic Exchange
Rebecca Müller

11 Intellectual Life
Giovanna Petti Balbi

12 The Church and Religious Life
Gervase Rosser

13 The Religious Orders
Valeria Polonio

part 4
Economy and Empire

14 The Genoese Economy
Jeffrey Miner and Stefan Stantchev

15 Companies, Commerce, and Credit
Carlo Taviani

16 Mediterranean Rivalries
Thomas Kirk

17 Genoa and the Crusades

Merav Mack

18 Colonies and Colonization
Sandra Origone
Selected Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Carrie E. Beneš, PhD. (UCLA, 2004), is Associate Professor of Medieval and Renaissance History at New College of Florida and the author of Urban Legends: Civic Identity & the Classical Past in Northern Italy, 1250–1350 (Penn State, 2011).