Medieval Amalfi and its Diaspora, 800-1250
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 28 March 2013
- ISBN 9780199646272
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages304 pages
- Size 241x163x21 mm
- Weight 590 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The first full-length study in any language of the medieval Italian maritime republic of Amalfi during and after its period of political independence. Explores Amalfi's significance in the history of the medieval Mediterranean world.
MoreLong description:
'Rich in gold and cloths'? This is the first full-length study of the history of medieval maritime republic of Amalfi that addresses both the internal political, social, and economic history of Amalfi - as an independent city-state, under Norman rule and as part of the Kingdom of Sicily - and the history of its diaspora, those Amalfitans who left temporarily or permanently and whose activities contributed to the image of their home city as a thriving centre specialising in the luxury end of the market.
In reuniting these two disparate strands of its history, Patricia Skinner argues that, instead of being seen in opposition to each other, the very different evidence presented by the internal documentary archives and the narrative accounts of external observers can and should be utilised to reconstruct the ties which bound the emigrants to their home city. By taking a prosopographical approach, she reveals the presence of Amalfitans in many parts of the Italian peninsula and further afield in the Mediterranean. At the same time, she critically re-examines some of the externally-generated views of Amalfitan wealth, suggesting that these may have as much - or more - to do with literary and patronage networks as with the actual situation on the ground.
Skinners work provides a confident, layered narrative of both Amalfi and the Amalfitans, it now joins an increasingly nuanced and sophisticated historiography of medieval southern Italy.
Table of Contents:
Part I: Amalfi
The Problem of Information
Setting the Scene: Landscape and Urban Settlements
Inhabiting Amalfi: the Structures of Society
Exploiting Amalfi: Land, Production, and Enterprise
Religious life: Church and Community
Ruling Amalfi: the Components of Power
Part II: Amalfitans
Families and the Ties of Kinship
Leaving the City: the Amalfitan Diaspora in Italy
Leaving Italy: Amalfitans in the Eastern Mediterranean
Expanding Horizons: Amalfitans in the Western Mediterranean
Conclusion: Challenging the Dichotomy
Appendix I: The Rulers of Amalfi, 839-1250
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