Byzantium, Venice and the Medieval Adriatic: Spheres of Maritime Power and Influence, c. 700-1453

Author:   Magdalena Skoblar
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108814645


Pages:   424
Publication Date:   23 March 2023
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Byzantium, Venice and the Medieval Adriatic: Spheres of Maritime Power and Influence, c. 700-1453


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The Adriatic has long occupied a liminal position between different cultures, languages and faiths. This book offers the first synthesis of its history between the seventh and the mid-fifteenth century, a period coinciding with the existence of the Byzantine Empire which, as heir to the Roman Empire, lay claim to the region. The period also saw the rise of Venice and it is important to understand the conditions which would lead to her dominance in the late Middle Ages. An international team of historians and archaeologists examines trade, administration and cultural exchange between the Adriatic and Byzantium but also within the region itself, and makes more widely known much previously scattered and localised research and the results of archaeological excavations in both Italy and Croatia. Their bold interpretations offer many stimulating ideas for rethinking the entire history of the Mediterranean during the period.

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Author:   Magdalena Skoblar
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.818kg
ISBN:  

9781108814645


ISBN 10:   1108814646
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   23 March 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Magdalena Skoblar; 1. The Adriatic Sea 500–1100: A Corrupted Alterity? Richard Hodges; 2. Thinking of Linking: Pottery Connections, Southern Adriatic, Butrint and Beyond Joanita Vroom; 3. A Winter Sea? Exchange and Power at the Ebbing of the Adriatic Connection 600–800 Francesco Borri; 4. The Origins of Venice: Between Italy, Byzantium and the Adriatic Stefano Gasparri; 5. The Northern Adriatic Area between the Eighth and the Ninth Century: New Landscapes, New Cities Sauro Gelichi; 6. Provincia Iadrensis: Heir of Roman Dalmatia or a Still-Born Child of Byzantine Early Medieval Adriatic Policy? Trpimir Vedriš; 7. Ravenna and Other Early Rivals of Venice: Comparative Urban and Economic Development in the Upper Adriatic c.751–1050 Thomas S. Brown; 8. Byzantine Apulia Jean-Marie Martin; 9. From One Coast to Another and Beyond: Adriatic Connections through the Sigillographic Evidence Pagona Papadopoulou; 10. Icons in the Adriatic before the Sack of Constantinople in 1204 Magdalena Skoblar; 11. The Rise of the Adriatic in the Age of the Crusades Peter Frankopan; 12. Venice in the Twelfth Century: Between the Adriatic and the Aegean Michael Angold; 13. Venice, the Ionian Sea and the Southern Adriatic after the Fourth Crusade Guillaume Saint-Guillain; 14. Sea Power and the Evolution of Venetian Crusading Christopher Wright; 15. Reassessing the Venetian Presence in the Late Medieval Eastern Adriatic Oliver Jens Schmitt; 16. 'Strangers' in the City? The Paradoxes of Communitarianism in Fifteenth-Century Venice Élisabeth Crouzet-Pavan; Conclusion Chris Wickham; Index.

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'By shedding new light on the pre-Venetian Adriatic and the competitors of Venice, this volume explains why hegemony over this sea was crucial for Mediterranean polities.' Nicola Carotenuto, English Historical Review


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Magdalena Skoblar was a postdoctoral research fellow at the British School at Athens and the British School at Rome from 2013 to 2015. Specialising in Early Medieval art, she is also the author of Figural Sculpture in Eleventh-Century Dalmatia and Croatia (2017).

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