Crusading and Trading between West and East: Studies in Honour of David Jacoby: 12 (Crusades - Subsidia)

Crusading and Trading between West and East: Studies in Honour of David Jacoby: 12 (Crusades - Subsidia)

by Benjamin Z . Kedar (Editor), SophiaMenache (Editor), Michel Balard (Editor)

Synopsis

For almost sixty years Professor David Jacoby devoted his research to the economic, social and cultural history of the Eastern Mediterranean and this new collection reflects his impact on the study of the interactions between the Italian city-states, Byzantium, the Latin East and the realm of Islam. Contributors to this volume are prominent scholars from across Medieval Studies and leading historians of the younger generation.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 456
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 23 Nov 2018

ISBN 10: 1138308048
ISBN 13: 9781138308046

Author Bio
Sophia Menache is Professor Emerita at the University of Haifa. She has studied the history of the Military Orders with special emphasis on the Knights Templar and the communication aspects of the crusades. She also published three books on medieval communication, propaganda and stereotypes, and many articles on the interrelationship between humankind and pets, especially dogs, from the ancient period up to the end of the Middle Ages. She served as secretary of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East between the years 2002-2009. Benjamin Z. Kedar is Professor Emeritus of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the founding editor of Crusades and former President of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (1995-2002). He also studies comparative and world history: most recently, he co-edited volume 5 of the Cambridge World History. Michel Balard is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History, at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon- Sorbonne. Agrege d'histoire, late member of the French School at Rome (1965-1968). Maitre de conferences at the University of Paris 1 (1968-1976), Docteur es-lettres (1976), professor at the University of Reims (1976-1988), at the University Paris 12 Val-de-Marne (1988-1991), at the University Pantheon-Sorbonne (1991-2004), and former President of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (2002-2009).