The Western Mediterranean and the World 400 CE to the Present 1st Edition by Teofilo F Ruiz ISBN 9781405188166 1405188162

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ISBN 10: 1405188162
ISBN 13: 9781405188166
Author: Teofilo F Ruiz

From the Straits of Gibraltar to Sicily, the European northern Mediterranean nations to the shores of North Africa, the western Mediterranean is a unique cultural and sociopolitical entity which has had a singular role in shaping today’s global society. The Western Mediterranean and the World is the fascinating story of the rise of that peculiar world and of its evolution from the end of the Western Roman Empire to the present. Uniquely, rather than present the history of the region as a strict chronological progression, the author takes a thematic approach, telling his story through a series of vignettes, case studies, and original accounts so as to provide a more immediate sense of what life in and around the Mediterranean was like from the end of the Roman Empire in the West to the present immigration crisis now unfolding in Mediterranean waters. Emphasizing the development of religion and language and the enduring synergies and struggles between Christian, Jews, and Muslims on both shores of the western sea, Dr. Ruiz connects the region to the larger world and locates the development of Mediterranean societies within a global context.

• Describes the move from religious and linguistic unity under Roman rule to the fragmented cultural landscape of today
• Explores the relationship of language, culture, and geography, focusing on the role of language formation and linguistic identity in the emergence of national communities
• Traces the movements of peoples across regions and their encounters with new geographical, cultural, and political realities
• Addresses the emergence of various political identities and how they developed into set patterns of political organization
• Emphasizes the theme of encounters as seen from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish perspectives

While it is sure to become a definitive text for university courses on Mediterranean history, The Western Mediterranean and the World will also have great appeal among scholars of the Mediterranean as well as general readers of history

The Western Mediterranean and the World 400 CE to the Present 1st Edition Table of contents:

Chapter [1]: The Western Mediterranean: Sites of Encounter and Cultural Production

Writing the History of the Mediterranean

Mediterranean Historiography

How Then to Write a History of the Mediterranean?

Overview and Contents

Themes and Chapters

Part I: Geography, History, and Cultural Contexts

Chapter [2]: The Imperatives of Geography and Climate: Sea and Land in the Western Mediterranean

The Mediterranean World: The Western Mediterranean

Tide, Storms, and Windless Days in the Western Mediterranean

A Cruel and Unpredictable Sea (at times)

The Protests Against the Sea

A Cruel Sea Revisited

A Peaceful Sea (at times)

Climate

Climate: Rain and Winds

Climate and History

Shores, Mountains, and Plains

Mountains and Movement

Mountains

The Alps

Conclusion

Chapter [3]: History in the Mediterranean: From Unity to Fragmentation, circa 450 CE until the Early Modern World

The Western Mediterranean in History: An Introduction

The Western Mediterranean: Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

The European Western Mediterranean

Towards Frankland

Onwards to Italy

The North African Western Mediterranean: The Coming of Islam

The Western Mediterranean: Between Islam and Christianity, 660s–1492

Spain: Between Islam and Christianity

Catalonia

The Western Mediterranean on the Eve of the Modern World

Islam in Sicily

Norman and Hohenstaufen Sicily, circa 1068–1253

Genoa

Pisa

Conclusion

Chapter [4]: History in the Mediterranean: The Making of the Modern World

Introduction

North Africa

North Africa in the Modern World: Colonialism and Decolonization

Across the Straits and the Making of Modern Spain

France

Italy

Conclusion

Chapter [5]: Religions of the Western Mediterranean: Unity and Fragmentation in the Religious History of the Sea

Mass Conversion

Large-Scale Conversions in the Western Mediterranean

The Triumph of Christianity in the Mediterranean

The Western Mediterranean: A Muslim Lake

Conversion and Further Islamic Incursions into Western Europe

The Sounds of Religion in the Western Mediterranean

Waldensians and Albigensians

Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in Medieval Islam and Judaism

Mediterranean Religious Practices Revisited

Religion in the Early Modern and Modern Mediterranean

Chapter [6]: Religions of the Western Mediterranean: Conversos and Renegades

Conversos and Renegades: Changing Religions

Changing Faith in the Western Mediterranean

The World of Solomon ha-Levi (Pablo de Santa María) and Other Notable Conversos or Renegades

Women and Conversion

Belief, Unbelief, Syncretism, and Religious Relativism

Towards Modernity

Chapter [7]: Language, Culture, and Community in the Western Mediterranean

Languages and Language Communities in the Western Mediterranean

The Enduring Presence of Latin

Arabic

Linguistic Communities in the Early Medieval Mediterranean

Prestige Languages and the Rise of Vernacular Speech in the Western Mediterranean

Language Development across the Mediterranean

Latin, Hebrew, and the Lingua Franca: Languages and Community

Conclusion

Part II: Mediterranean Encounters

Chapter [8]: Encounters I: Traveling in the Western Mediterranean

Traveling in the Western Mediterranean

The Western Mediterranean as a Site of Encounter

Voyages: The Experience of Travel

Traveling in the Mediterranean: Muslims on the Northern Shores

Traveling from Dar al-Islam into Christian Land

Al-Idrīsī and Iberia

North Africa in 1325

Muslims in the West Reconsidered

The Modern Traveler

The Voices of Immigrants

Chapter [9]: Encounters II: The Mediterranean as a Site of Conflict, Movement, and Encounter

Christian Travelers in the Lands of Islam

The Itineraries or Travels of Benjamin of Tudela and Ibn Jubayr

Literary Travels and Encounters

Recent Travelers

Traveling the Modern Mediterranean

The Sinews of Commerce

Corsairs

Trade Revisited

Maritime Routes In and Out of the Mediterranean: Ships’ Places of Origin

The Global Mediterranean Trade

Ships

1868

Conclusion

Chapter [10]: Between Two Worlds: Iberia, Sicily, Tunis, Algiers, and Marseille1

Sites of Encounter

Iberia

Seville as a Site of Encounter and Cultural Production

Seville Cathedral

Virgins and Saintly Tombs

The Alcázar

Palermo and Sicily

Palermo and Sicily Today

Tunis

Djerba and La Goulette

Algiers

North Africa and Iberia as Parts of Dar al-Islam

Marseille

Marseille’s Imaginary

Markets

Buildings

Conclusion

Chapter [11]: On the Waters of the Western Mediterranean: Islands and Towns

Small Islands on the Sea

A Large, Neglected, and yet Important Island: Sardinia

Towns and Villages on the Shores of the Western Sea

Towns of Silt, Sea, and Land

Conclusion

Chapter [12]: Epilogue: The Western Mediterranean and the World

The Mediterranean, The Atlantic, and the World

The Demise of the Western Mediterranean in the Age of Exploration

Preludes

The Mediterranean and the Atlantic

The Two Seas in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period

Religion, Conflict, and New Technologies of Seafaring and Cartography

The Rise of the Atlantic and the Decline of the Mediterranean

Aftermath: From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean

Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Immigration

Conclusion

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