The sea in the middle : the Mediterranean world, 650-1650 / Thomas E. Burman, Brian A. Catlos, Mark D. Meyerson.
"The Sea in the Middle presents an original and revisionist narrative of the development of the medieval west from late antiquity to the dawn of modernity. This textbook is uniquely centered on the Mediterranean and emphasizes the role played by peoples and cultures of Africa, Asia, and Europe...
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[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the Mediterranean : land, sea, and people
- Part I. The Helleno-Islamic Mediterranean (650-1050 CE) : the making of the Helleno-Islamic Mediterranean. The legacy of empire
- Mediterranean connections
- Conversion and the consolidation of identities
- Peoples of the book reading their books
- Part II. An age of conflict and collaboration (1050-1350 CE) : the Mediterranean from the edges. Holy and unholy war
- A connected sea
- Mediterranean societies
- Reading each others' books
- A sea of technology, science, and philosophy
- Part III. The contest for the Mediterranean (1350-1650 CE) : new empires, new sects, new worlds
- Imperial rivalry and sectarian strife
- Minorities and diaspora
- Slavery and captivity, 650-1650
- Mystical Messiahs and converts, humanism and armorers
- Family, gender, and honor, ca. 650-1650
- Mediterranean economies and societies in a widening world
- Epilogue : Luís de Torres in Cuba, Ishmael in the South Pacific : a world grown larger, a sea grown smaller?.