Byzantium, Venice and the Medieval Adriatic Spheres of Maritime Power and Influence, C. 700-1453.
Innovative study re-positioning the Adriatic as a liminal region between different cultures and faiths before the heyday of Venice.
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| Language: | English |
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University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations,
2021.
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| Series: | British School at Athens Studies in Greek Antiquity Ser.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Series information
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Contents
- List of Figures and Maps
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Citation, Transliteration, Names, Titles and Dates
- Introduction
- Positioning the Adriatic
- Generating New Perspectives on the Medieval Adriatic
- The Contributions
- References
- 1 The Adriatic Sea 500-1100: A Corrupted Alterity?
- Corrupted Sea?
- The Archaeology of Three Mid-Byzantine Butrints
- Mouseholes and Memory
- Acknowledgements
- References.
- 2 Thinking of Linking: Pottery Connections, Southern Adriatic, Butrint and Beyond
- Butrint
- Two Amphora Types from Butrint's Western Defences
- Evidence from Shipwrecks
- Glazed White Wares
- Amphorae from Ganos
- Gùˆnsenin 3 Amphorae
- Distribution of Glazed Table Wares
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 3 A Winter Sea?: Exchange and Power at the Ebbing of the Adriatic Connection 600-800
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 4 The Origins of Venice: Between Italy, Byzantium and the Adriatic
- The Arrival of the Lombards.
- Venice between the Lombard Kingdom and the Exarchate
- Confrontation with the Carolingians
- Venice and Comacchio
- References
- 5 The Northern Adriatic Area between the Eighth and the Ninth Century: New Landscapes, New Cities
- New Eras, Different Cities: The Inhabited Areas of the Northern Adriatic during the Early Middle Ages
- New Eras, New Cities
- Life Cycles and Settlements: The Cases of the Venetian Lagoon and Equilo
- Successful and Unsuccessful Locations: A New Narrative about the Cities in the Venetian Lagoon
- References.
- 6 Provincia Iadrensis: Heir of Roman Dalmatia or a Stillborn Child of Byzantine Early Medieval Adriatic Policy?
- Setting the Stage
- A Dangerous Sea: The Adriatic in the Late Eighth and Ninth Centuries
- Controlling the Adriatic: Byzantine Administration and the Local Elites
- At the Imperial Edge: Zadar and the Byzantine Administration
- Between Rome and Constantinople: The Church of Zadar in the Early Ninth Century
- Dangerous Neighbours? Zadar and Its Hinterland
- Episcopus Nonensis: Nin as the New Ecclesiastical Centre
- Conclusion: From a Bunker to an Open City
- Acknowledgements.