Medievalists.net » Black Sea http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 BOOK REVIEW: Genoa ‘La Superba’: The Rise and Fall of a Merchant Pirate Superpower by Nicholas Walton http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/09/book-review-genoa-la-superba-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-merchant-pirate-superpower-by-nicholas-walton/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/09/book-review-genoa-la-superba-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-merchant-pirate-superpower-by-nicholas-walton/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2015 15:54:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60262 While most books about Italy have been dedicated to tourist hubs like Milan, Florence, Rome, Sicily and Venice, Genoa with its rich history, rugged landscape, and tenacious residents, has been given only a passing mention.

The post BOOK REVIEW: Genoa ‘La Superba’: The Rise and Fall of a Merchant Pirate Superpower by Nicholas Walton appeared first on Medievalists.net.

]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/09/book-review-genoa-la-superba-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-merchant-pirate-superpower-by-nicholas-walton/feed/ 0 The politico-religious landscape of medieval Karelia http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/14/the-politico-religious-landscape-of-medieval-karelia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/14/the-politico-religious-landscape-of-medieval-karelia/#comments Fri, 14 Feb 2014 22:53:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47575 In historical sources the Karelians appear in the 12th century although archaeological excavations suggest that the amalgamation of groups of Baltic Finns, centered on the Karelian Isthmus, that came together from east and west respectively to form them originated in the late Iron Age and early Viking Age.

The post The politico-religious landscape of medieval Karelia appeared first on Medievalists.net.

]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/14/the-politico-religious-landscape-of-medieval-karelia/feed/ 0 Land and Sea Communications, Fourth–Fifteenth Centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/16/land-and-sea-communications-fourth-fifteenth-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/16/land-and-sea-communications-fourth-fifteenth-centuries/#comments Thu, 16 Jan 2014 21:17:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46705 The principle that the active and coordinated collaboration of nature and man is an essential requirement for the creation of a network of communications is of fundamen- tal importance.

The post Land and Sea Communications, Fourth–Fifteenth Centuries appeared first on Medievalists.net.

]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/16/land-and-sea-communications-fourth-fifteenth-centuries/feed/ 0