"The Sea in History: The Medieval World" covers the period from the end of the Roman Empire in the West up to around the year 1500. It demonstrates that for many peoples and states in this period the sea was central to their existence - the Vikings, the Hanse, Venice, Genoa, the Normans - and it shows also how important the sea was for states which are not normally thought of as maritime powers, such as Byzantium, the Crusader states and the Mongol Empire. The book is global in its coverage, including material on East and Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and Africa, with particularly interesting material on China's extensive voyages of exploration in the fifteenth century, the role of the Vikings in the early formation of Russia, and on the building of ships, appropriate to local conditions, in different parts of the world. 40 of the contributions are in English; 34 are in French.
Author(s): Michele Balard, Christian Buchet (eds.)
Series: The Sea in History, 2
Publisher: The Boydell Press
Year: 2017
Language: English, French
Pages: XXX+1056
City: Woodbridge
List of illustrations x
List of contributors xviii
Introduction générale et remercients par Christian Buchet xxiii
General introduction and acknowledgements by Christian Buchet xxvii
Introduction (français) 1
Michel Balard
Introduction (English) 7
Michel Balard
Image de la mer dans les sociétés médievales: perceptions et modes de transmission 12
Olivier Clodong
La perception de la mer en Europe du nord-ouest (Moyen Âge, XIIIe–XVe siècle) 23
Frédérique Laget
Medieval maritime polities – some considerations 34
Jan Rüdiger
'Piracy', connectivity and seaborne power in the Middle Ages 45
Nikolas Jaspert
Connectivity and sea power – entangled maritime dimensions in the medieval Mediterranean 58
Sebastian Kolditz
La révolution nautique médiévale (XIIIe–XVe siècles) 70
Christiane Villain-Gandossi
The maritime war in the Mediterranean, 13th–15th centuries 90
Richard W. Unger
La carte marine au Moyen Âge: outil technique, objet symbolique 101
Patrick Gautier Dalché
Shipbuilding in the medieval Adriatic 115
John E. Dotson
L’Arsenal de Venise 128
Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan
Flottes publiques, flottes privées à Venise (XIIe–XVe siècles) 138
Bernard Doumerc
Au coeur de la puissance maritime de Venise, le sel 148
Jean-Claude Hocquet
"Quod vita et salus nostra est quod galee nostre navigent" – les gens de mer à Venise du XIIIe au XVe siècle 158
Doris Stöckly
The naval power of Venice in the eastern Mediterranean in the Middle Ages 170
Ruthy Gertwagen
La vie maritime de Split et de Zadar du XIIIe au XVe siècle 184
Sabine Florence Fabijanec
Dubrovnik et la mer (XIIIe–XVe siècle) 192
Nenad Fejic
Les génois. Une flotte militaire privée? 203
Pierangelo Campodonico
Flottes publiques et flottes privées à Gênes au XIVe siècle 215
Giovanna Petti-Balbi
Les flottes génoises dans l’Atlantique (Angleterre – Flandre), XIIe–XVe siècles 225
Enrico Basso
La vie a bord : de la navigation de cabotage à la navigation hauturière (XIIe–XVe siècles) 235
Nicla Buonasorte
Les Normands d’Italie et la mer (XIe–XIIe siècle) 245
Jean-Marie Martin
La mer empoisonnée: la Sicile mediévale 255
Henri Bresc
Les Omeyyades d’al-Andalus (711–1021): une puissance navale de la Méditerranée médiévale? 266
Christophe Picard
Les flottes catalanes, XIIe–XVe siècles 281
Maria Teresa Ferrer i Mallol
Catalan maritime expansion in the western Mediterranean (12th–15th centuries) 295
María Dolores López Pérez
Shipbuilding in Portugal in the Middle Ages 306
Filipe Castro
Manuel Pessanha et l’organisation de la flotte portugaise au XIVe siècle 322
Giulia Rossi-Vairo
Les ordres militaires et la mer (XIIe–XVe siècles) 332
Pierre-Vincent Claverie
The Latin kingdom of Jerusalem and the sea (late 11th–13th century) 346
David Jacoby
The ships of the Knights of St John 357
Jürgen Sarnowsky
The Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus and the sea, 13th–15th centuries 369
Nicholas Coureas
At the centre of the sea routes: maritime life in Crete between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern era 382
Angeliki Panopoulou
The Dromōn and the Byzantine navy 401
John H. Pryor
Harbours and shipbuilding in Byzantine Constantinople 412
Nergiṡ Günseniṅ
The Byzantine and Greek merchant maritime enterprises in the medieval Mediterranean 425
Gerassimos Pagratis
The Byzantine economy and the sea: the maritime trade of Byzantium, 10th–15th centuries 437
Nevra Necipoğlu
The maritime trade in the medieval Black Sea 449
Sergii Zelenko
Venetian navigation to the Black Sea areas, 13th–15th centuries 465
Sergey Karpov
The transfer of maritime technology from southern Europe to England c. 1100 – c. 1600 475
Susan Rose
Les royaumes barbares et la mer (Ve – début VIIIe siècle) 487
Régine Le Jan
Capetiens et Plantagenets à l’épreuve de la suprématie maritime 498
Henri Legohérel
Les fondements du commerce maritime de La Rochelle au Moyen Âge 508
Mathias Tranchant
La Bourgogne et la mer à la fin du Moyen Âge 523
Jacques Paviot
Les anciens Frisons et la mer (premier millénaire après Jésus Christ) 534
Stéphane Lebecq
The Viking ships 547
Arne Emil Christensen
The Vikings and their age – a good deal more than plunder 561
Nils Blomkvist
The maritime law of the Baltic Sea 572
Carsten Jahnke
Did the activity of the 'Vitalian Brethren' prevent trade in the Baltic area? 585
Gregor Rohmann
The Teutonic Order and the Baltic Sea in the 13th–16th centuries 595
Juhan Kreem
Ships and shipping in medieval England 605
Ian Friel
Port labor in medieval England 619
Maryanne Kowaleski
Fishing in medieval England 629
James A. Galloway
Portuguese maritime expansion from the African coast to India 642
L. A. Fonseca
Les réseaux commerciaux baynounk en Sénégambie (Afrique de l’ouest), du VIIIe au XVIIe siècle 654
Moustapha Sall
Le Mali et la mer (XIVe siècle): autour du récit du sultan Mûsâ sur l’expédition maritime de son prédécesseur Muhammad 667
François-Xavier Fauvelle
L’Afrique orientale et la mer du Ier au XVe siècle 678
Philippe Beaujard
The Red Sea in the medieval period 695
Patrick Wing
Early Maya navigation and maritime connections in Mesoamerica 701
Heather McKillop
The Maya Caribbean: fishing, navigation, and trade 716
Emiliano Melgar
The central Andean peoples and their relationship to the sea 727
Jorge Ortiz-Sotelo
Fluidité des circulations dans l’empire mongol du XIIIe siècle 741
Didier Gazagnadou
Les flottes islamiques de l’océan Indien (VIIe–XVe siècles): une puissance navale au service du commerce 753
Eric Vallet
Shipbuilding in India up to the 15th century 765
Sachin Pendse
Medieval ports in India 783
Annette Schmiedchen
Maritime relations between the Indian Ocean and the China Sea in the Middle Ages 794
Angela Schottenhammer
The naval power of the Yuan dynasty 808
Gakusho Nakajima
The Chinese fleets in the Indian Ocean (13th–15th centuries) 822
Qu Jinliang
Chinese supremacy in the Indian Ocean in the early 15th century 837
Louise Levathes
La Corée et la mer, Xe–XVe siècles 849
Yannick Bruneton
Féodalites maritimes: le Japon médieval et la mer (XIe–XVIe siècles) 867
Guillaume Carré
L’Insulinde et la mer avant l’arrivée des Occidentaux 891
Pierre-Yves Manguin
Boat building tradition in the Philippines (10th–16th centuries) 904
Maria Bernadette L. Abrera
Les relations maritimes entre l’Indonésie et l’Océan Indien au Moyen Âge 918
Paul Wormser
Conclusion (français) 926
Michel Balard
Conclusion (English) 956
Michel Balard
Conclusion générale par Christian Buchet 987
General conclusion by Christian Buchet 1021
