Maltese seafaring in mediaeval and post-mediaeval times
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12215801 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John M Mcmanamon (corresponding author), John McManamon |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 32-58 |
| Publication date | 2003-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mediterranean Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-8967 • E-ISSN: 1743-940X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09518960412331302203 |
| OpenAlex | W1978668169 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Despite a dearth of material evidence, excellent historical detective work, especially that by a dedicated local school of Maltese historians, invites a survey of Maltese economic and political developments from a Mediterranean maritime perspective. In the economic sphere, cotton, shipped to Sicilian ports where it was traded for grain, eventually proved to be mediaeval Malta's chief cash crop. A pattern of non-diversified trade led to the politicization of the economy in the fourteenth century and its militarization thereafter. In naval affairs, Malta played a small but important role for almost 1,000 years as a frontier garrison. During the period of Angevin hegemony, a tiny squadron was based at the Seaside Castle in Birgu. The Grand Harbour witnessed battles between Catalan and Angevin galleys in 1283 and between Ottoman besiegers and Knight defenders in 1565. Throughout mediaeval and post-mediaeval times, piracy and privateering supplied essential support for the functioning of the maritime system, and Maltese seafaring developed most vigorously in proportion to the intensity of the islands' contacts with North Africa
Ancient history · Archaeology · Economic history · Frontier · Hegemony · Maltese · Political science · Politics · Sicilian · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Medieval History and Crusades
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |