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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.
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A history of medieval Italy as a whole can be hard to find -- there are numerous histories of the northern city-states, several of the papacy, and even a few of the Norman and Angevin south. Histories of the whole, including Sardinia, are harder to find. This book draws together the major regions of Italy, and discusses language, culture, and the impact of Greeks, Muslims, and Jews on its culture.I was first impressed by the readability of this book. It is far to easy to find medieval histories that are stuffed with jargon and statistics until the reader's eye glaze over. The essays in this work make their points succinctly and comprehensibly. My chief regret was that the book was not a bit longer, so that it could better develop some of its essays. The map section at the end might have been better placed at the beginning, where it would be less-likely overlooked. This book is aimed at a reader with at least passing familiarity with medieval history and Italian history and geography. Various authors comment on their predecessors, discussing how they feel earlier authors erred in their approach to this difficult subject. There's a useful recommended reading section at the end for those interested in pursuing individual topics further.
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'Communal Italy' is historians' shorthand for the highly urbanized areas of Lombardy and Tuscany between the twelfth and the early fourteenth centuries. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
borghi nuovi, city communes, rural communes, urban communes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, Byzantine Empire, Tuscia Romana, Frederick Barbarossa, Roman Church, Alberto Scotti, Monte Cassino, Robert Guiscard, Boncompagno da Signa, Charles of Anjou, San Benedetto, Sicilian Vespers, Donation of Constantine, Enardinus of Vicenza, King Roger, Lombard League, March of Ancona, Otto of Freising, Sicilian Jews, Thomas Aquinas, Count Roger, German Empire, Giberto da Correggio, Greek Church, Lateran Palace New!
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'Communal Italy' is historians' shorthand for the highly urbanized areas of Lombardy and Tuscany between the twelfth and the early fourteenth centuries. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
borghi nuovi, city communes, rural communes, urban communes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, Byzantine Empire, Tuscia Romana, Frederick Barbarossa, Roman Church, Alberto Scotti, Monte Cassino, Robert Guiscard, Boncompagno da Signa, Charles of Anjou, San Benedetto, Sicilian Vespers, Donation of Constantine, Enardinus of Vicenza, King Roger, Lombard League, March of Ancona, Otto of Freising, Sicilian Jews, Thomas Aquinas, Count Roger, German Empire, Giberto da Correggio, Greek Church, Lateran Palace New!
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- The Two Italies: Economic Relations Between the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and the Northern Communes (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Third Series) by David Abulafia on 4 pages
- Society and Politics in Medieval Italy by A. Hyde on 4 pages
- The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa (Records of Western Civilization Series) by Otto of Freising on page 6, page 7, and page 10
- The Struggle for Power in Medieval Italy: Structures of Political Rule (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks) by Giovanni Tabacco in Front Matter, page 1, and Back Matter
- The Italian City-State: From Commune to Signoria by Philip Jones on page 103, page 175, and Back Matter
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