This book responds to the increasing interest of maritime historians in the study of ports. These enclaves offer significant insights into a variety of subjects, including ships and shipping; trade, commodities, and consumption patterns; the economy, society and culture of port workers and port communities; and systems of regional and international integration. Based on extensive research in a wide range of European archives, the book provides much detailon the nature of ports in the medieval period, especially on the crucial subject of the operation of ports. Covering a range of ports in France, Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands, the book contains a wealth of original research findings. It will be particularly welcomed by English\-speaking scholars and others outside the region analysed, since it gives access to non\-English\-language archives, thereby considerably enriching the study of medieval ports beyond ports in Britain and Ireland.
Author(s): Ana María Rivera Medina
Publisher: Boydell Press
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 222
City: Woodbridge
Front Cover
Contents
Illustrations
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Defining Jurisdictional Frameworks for Maritime and Coastal Activities
2 Basque Stevedoring and Cargo Handling Infrastructures (14th-16th Centuries)
3 Port Structures and Cargo Handling in Asturias and Galicia (13th-16th Centuries
4 Slave Trade and Northern Portuguese Seaport Operations in the Sixteenth Century
5 Transport and Shipping in the Portuguese Northern Border in the Sixteenth Century
6 Anchorages, Infrastructures and Stevedoring in Medieval Atlantic Andalusia
7 Ports and Port Labour in Tenerife during the Transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age
Conclusions: The Port Phenomenon of Medieval Atlantic Europe
Sources and Bibliography
Index
