The politics of violence and trade

Denia and Pisa in the eleventh century

Bibliographic Data

ID11892673
AuthorsTravis Bruce (0000-0001-9760-0966, Western Michigan University, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume32
Issue2
Pages127-142
Publication date2006-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Medieval History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/j.jmedhist.2006.04.004
OpenAlexW2012192190
LanguageEN
Citations received6

In the eleventh century, as ports and cities expanded their involvement in the Mediterranean, they came into contact and conflict with one another; both were integral parts of the Mediterranean renewal after the relative decline of the early Middle Ages. Of these cities, relations between Pisa and Denia were perhaps the most exemplary of the extremes possible within the new Mediterranean. On the surface, theirs would seem to be merely a series of clashes based on religious friction, jihād, or territorial ambitions, as shown by their conflict over Sardinia. However, when viewed together with diplomatic and commercial relations, it becomes apparent that violence was only a part of the Mediterranean dynamic, and that where conflict did exist it was along new lines. Economic ambitions were becoming the motivating factor, and trade routes and commerce were the new stakes in the medieval Mediterranean

Ancient history · Eleventh · Physics · Political science · Politics · Byzantine Studies and History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Law · Medieval History and Crusades

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