The crown of Aragon : a singular Mediterranean empire / edited by Flocel Sabaté ; linguistic correction by Chris Boswell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sabaté, Flocel, editor, author.

Series:

Brill's companions to European history ; v. 12.

Brill's Companions to European History ; volume 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aragon (Spain)--History.

Aragon (Spain).

Aragon (Spain)--Kings and rulers.

Kings and rulers.

Spain--Aragon.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 563 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

The Crown of Aragon. A Singular Medieval Empire' recovers the history of an empire which was of great importance in the late medieval Mediterranean, but which has since been relegated almost to oblivion by the course of history. The Crown of Aragon was a Mediterranean crossroads: between west and east for the economy, and between north and south for culture and religion, drawing in many different peoples, covering Iberia to Greece. A new vision of the Crown of Aragon as a framework of overlapping identities facilitates its historiographical recovery, showcased in the chapters of this volume which analyse the economy, institutions, social evolution, political strategy and cultural expression in literature and art of the Crown of Aragon.

Contents:

The crown of Aragon in itself and overseas: a singular Mediterranean empire / Flocel Sabate

The northeast Iberian Peninsula and its Muslim rulers (8th-12th century) / Jesus Brufal

Aragon and the Catalan counties before the union / Adam J. Kosto

An intense but stymied Occitan Campaign / Pere Benito

The culture (9th-12th centuries): clerics and troubadours / Isabel Grifoll

The Romanesque in the mountains and on the border / Xavier Barral-i-Altet

Territory, power and institutions in the crown of Aragon / Flocel Sabate

The beginnings of urban manufacturing and long distance trade / Antoni Riera

Crises and changes in the late Middle Ages / Antoni Riera

The commercial influence of the crown of Aragon in the eastern Mediterranean (13th-15th centuries) / Damien Coulon

The people: labourers and rulers in an expanding society / Maria Bonet

Islands and the control of the Mediterranean space / Alessandra Cioppi and Sebastiana Nocco

Language: from the countryside to the royal court / Lola Badia and Isabel Grifoll

Writers at the end of Middle Ages / Lola Badia

A Gothic Mediterranean Catalan art / Xavier Barral-i-Altet

Identities in contact in the Mediterranean / Flocel Sabate

The Medieval legacy: constitutionalism versus absolutism: the case of Catalonia / Antoni Simon

The Medieval heritage: islands and territories with a specific identity? / Luciano Gallinari and Esther Marti Sentanes

The Catalans and the Mediterranean / David Abulafia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Crown of Aragon

ISBN:

9789004349605

900434960X

OCLC:

985640508

Publisher Number:

99975324020