商品簡介
This book responds to the increasing interest of maritime historians in the study of ports. These enclaves offer significant insights into a variety of subjects, including ships and shipping; trade, commodities, and consumption patterns; the economy, society and culture of port workers and port communities; and systems of regional and international integration. Based on extensive research in a wide range of European archives, the book provides much detail on the nature of ports in the medieval period, especially on the crucial subject of the operation of ports. Covering a range of ports in France, Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands, the book contains a wealth of original research findings. It will be particularly welcomed by English-speaking scholars and others outside the region analysed, since it gives access to non-English-language archives, thereby considerably enriching the study of medieval ports beyond ports in Britain and Ireland.
ANA MARIA RIVERA MEDINA is a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the Universidad Nacional de Educaci n a Distancia (UNED), Madrid.
CONTRIBUTORS: Mar a lvarez Fern ndez, Eduardo Aznar Vallejo, Am ndio Barros, Roberto J. Gonz lez Zalaca n, Mathias Tranchant, Sara Pinto, Ana Mar a Rivera Medina, Enrique Jos Ruiz Pilares, Jes s Sol rzano Telechea.
