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A Military History of the Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean has always attracted the imagination of modern historians as the epicentre of great political entities, such as the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Ottomans, Venetians, and Spanish. However, it seems that the sea itself was always on the margins of historical inquiry – at least, until the publication of the famous two-volume work by F. Braudel in 1949. This collection of essays aims to offer a vertical history of war in the Mediterranean Sea, from the early Middle Ages to the early modernity, putting the emphasis on the changing face of several different aspects and contexts of war over time. Contributors are Stephen Bennett, Stathis Birtachas, Cornel Bontea, Wayne H. Bowen, Lilia Campana, Raffaele D’Amato, Elina Gugliuzzo, Nikolaos Kanellopoulos, Savvas Kyriakides, Tilemachos Lounghis, Alan V. Murray, Chrysovalantis Papadamou, Jacopo Pessina, Philip Rance, Georgios Theotokis, Iason Tzouriadis, Ian Wilson, and Aysel Yildiz.
Environmental History in the Making
This book is the product of the 2nd World Conference on Environmental History, held in Guimarães, Portugal, in 2014. It gathers works by authors from the five continents, addressing concerns raised by past events so as to provide information to help manage the present and the future. It reveals how our cultural background and examples of past territorial intervention can help to combat political and cultural limitations through the common language of environmental benefits without disguising harmful past human interventions. Considering that political ideologies such as socialism and capitalism, as well as religion, fail to offer global paradigms for common ground, an environmentally positi...
Foundation, Dedication and Consecration in Early Modern Europe
Bringing together contributions from art history, architectural history, historiography and history of law, this volume is the first comprehensive exploration of the manifold meanings of foundation, dedication and consecration rituals and narratives in early modern culture.
Implication
Readers of Implication will come away convinced that all art—regardless of historical period, context, genre, or medium—has an ecological connection to the world in which it was created Ecocriticism is an interdisciplinary mode of inquiry that examines the environmental significance of art, literature, and other creative endeavors. In Implication: An Ecocritical Dictionary for Art History, Alan C. Braddock, a pioneer in art historical ecocriticism, presents a fascinating group of key terms and case studies to demonstrate that all art is ecological in its interconnectedness with the world. The book adopts a dictionary-style format, although not in a conventional sense. Drawing inspiration...
The Mamluk-Ottoman Transition
While the Ottoman conquest of the Mamluk realm in 1516-17 doubtlessly changed the balance of political power in Egypt and Greater Syria, the changes must be seen as a wide-ranging transition process. The present collection of essays provides several case studies on the changing situation during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and explains how the reconfiguration of political power affected both Egypt and Greater Syria. With reference to the first volume (2017), this second volume continues the debate on key issues of the transition period with contributions by scholars from both Mamluk and Ottoman studies. By combining these perspectives, the authors provide a more comprehensive and nuanced picture of the process of transformation from Mamluk to Ottoman rule.
A Cultural History of Insects
"Insects are the form of life most alien to us. Across millennia, insects have been providers and sources of food as well as feared vectors of infection. Particular insect types have come to be associated with beauty, diligence, and social and divine order, whilst others have become symbols of invasion, disease, and social decay. Today, insects are used to create luxury goods, to pollinate crops, to color political rhetoric, and to contribute to modern-day logistics, genetics, and forensics. A Cultural History of Insects reveals how our relationship with insects - in life and in death - is one of our most productive and intimate"--
The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
Explores the deep roots of modern democracy, focusing on geography and long-term patterns of global diffusion.
La piaga delle locuste
Le persone oggi vedono la minaccia degli sciami di locuste come una cosa del passato, una delle piaghe dell’Egitto di Mosè e del Faraone. Non è proprio così: ancora negli anni Duemila parti del mondo sono preda delle loro invasioni. E naturalmente la questione ha una storia alle spalle: le locuste furono nemiche all’umanità del Mediterraneo nel mezzo millennio fra 1300 e 1800, causando effetti sensibili nell’ambiente e nell’economia, nella società e nelle mentalità.
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È possibile parlare di autonomia nelle relazioni sentimentali nella Sicilia del tardo Medioevo? Questa è la prima ricerca sul tema del matrimonio e delle relazioni illecite nella diocesi catanese tra fine Trecento e fine Cinquecento, considerata in prospettiva comparativa sia con altre zone dell’isola, sia con aree esterne ad essa. Lo studio del contesto siciliano arricchisce il dibattito storiografico sulla formazione della coppia e sui legami tra affetti, comportamenti sessuali e politiche di controllo promosse dalle autorità ecclesiastiche e laiche. Scelte frustrate e compiute, paure e denunce, strategie di disciplinamento e rifiuti costituiscono il groviglio che qui si dipana. L’a...
Sostenibile, Esperienziale, Digitale
Emilia Sarno Dottore di ricerca in Geografia Storica, è professore associato di Geografia presso l’Università Telematica Pegaso. Ha preso parte a numerose conferenze nazionali e internazionali e ha coordinato progetti di ricerca europei e nazionali. È membro di comitati editoriali di riviste geografiche internazionali, tra cui Review of Historical Geography and Toponomastics, e fa parte della Red GeoCritica Internacional, coordinata dall’Università di Barcellona. È autrice di numerosi libri, saggi e articoli in campi come la Geografia storica, la Geografia della cooperazione, la Geografia del turismo e la Didattica della geografia. Il suo ultimo volume è Identity Issues in the Western Balkans The cases of Albania and Montenegro (Roma, 2019). È coordinatrice del Laboratorio di Progettazione Turistica dell’Università Telematica Pegaso e Presidente dell’Associazione Italiana Insegnanti di Geografia (AIIG), sezione di Avellino.
