A companion to Sardinian history, 500-1500 / edited by Michelle Hobart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hobart, Michelle, editor.

Series:

Brill's companions to European history ; v. 11.

Brill's companions to European history, 2212-7410 ; volume 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sardinia (Italy)--History--456-1297.

Sardinia (Italy).

Sardinia (Italy)--History--Aragonese and Spanish rule, 1297-1708.

Italy--Sardinia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxx, 651 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

The first English-language survey of medieval and modern Sardinia, this volume offers access to long-awaited European scholarship on a critical missing link in the Mediterranean. Based on new archaeological fieldwork and current research from a variety of academic perspectives - architecture, colonialism, ecclesiastic history, cartography, demography, law, musicology, politics, trade, and urban planning - the authors provide the foundation to incorporate Sardinia into a broader European history. Among other contributions, archaeology adds critical insight into the relationship between Christian, Muslim, and Jewish inhabitants of Sardinia, through examinations of urban and rural settlement patterns. This volume aims to stimulate further analysis of the critical role Sardinia has played as one of the largest and most strategically located islands in the Mediterranean.

Contents:

Sardinia as a crossroads in the Mediterranean : an introduction / Michelle Hobart

Part 1. Setting the scene

Archives and documents pertaining to the history of medieval Sardinia / Olivetta Schena

Sardinia in geographical descriptions and maps from the Middle Ages / Nathalie Bouloux

Part 2. History

Overview of Sardinian history (500-1500) / Laura Galoppini

A revision of Sardinian history between the eleventh and twelfth centuries / Corrado Zedda

Medieval and modern Sicily and the kingdoms of Sardinia and Corsica / Henri Bresc

Jews in Sardinia : from antiquity to the Edict of Expulsion of 1492 / Ceclia Tasca

The Sardinian church / Raimondo Turtas

The struggle for Sardinia in the twelfth century : textual and architectural evidence from Genoa and Pisa / Henrike Haug

Establishing power and law in medieval and modern Sardinia / Gian Giacomo Ortu

Spanish Sardinia : conflicts and alliances / Giovanni Murgia

Part 3. Archaeology

Contribution of archaeology to medieval and modern Sardinia / Marco Milanese

Cagliari / Rossana Martorelli

Sassari / Daniela Rovina

Catalan Alghero : historical perspectives from the vantage point of medieval archaeology / Marco Milanese

Medieval and early modern pottery / Laura Biccone

Fashion and jewelry / Daniela Rovina

Part 4. Culture

A historical overview of musical worship and culture in medieval Sardinia / Giampaolo Mele

Architecture in Sardinia from the fifth to the sixteenth centuries / Roberto Coroneo

Urban planning and new towns in medieval Sardinia / Marco Cadinu

Part 5. Appendices

Timeline

Glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-644) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Companion to Sardinian history, 500-1500.

ISBN:

9789004341234

9004341234

OCLC:

973290612