The Sea in the Middle: The Mediterranean World, 650–1650

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The Sea in the Middle presents an original and revisionist narrative of the development of the medieval west from late antiquity to the dawn of modernity. This textbook is uniquely centered on the Mediterranean and emphasizes the role played by peoples and cultures of Africa, Asia, and Europe in an age when Christians, Muslims, and Jews of various denominations engaged with each other in both conflict and collaboration.   Key features: Fifteen-chapter structure to aid classroom use  Sections in each chapter that feature key artifacts relevant to chapter themesDynamic visuals, including 190 photos and 20 mapsThe Sea in the Middle and its sourcebook companion, Texts from the Middle, pair together to provide a framework and materials that guide students through this complex but essential history—one that will appeal to the diverse student bodies of today. Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Acknowledgments A Note on Conventions Introduction. The Mediterranean: Land, Sea, and People Part I. The Making of the Helleno-Islamic Mediterranean 1. The Legacy of Empire The Age of Empires Artifact: Negotiating Conquest: The Pact of ꞌUmar and the Treaty of Tudmir Faith and Power Artifact: Images of Empire: Basil II, Otto III, and ꞌAbd al-Malik 2. Mediterranean Connections Conflict and Integration Artifact: al-Qahira (Cairo): The Evolution of an Imperial Capital Connection and Exchange Artifact: The Ribat-Funduq of Sousse (Susa): Military, Commercial, and ReligiousInfrastructure in the Islamic Mediterranean 3. Conversion and the Consolidation of Identities Muslim Conquest and Christian Conversion Artifact: The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem Byzantine Christianity and the Eastern Churches The Imperial Church under Siege Artifact: The Church of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) in Constantinople The Latin Church in the West An Islamo-Judaic Mediterranean 4. Peoples of the Book Reading Their Books Artifact: Wearing God’s Book in Medieval Egypt God’s Books Holy Books and Scholars Holy Books and Greco-Roman Thinking Artifact: Medieval Readers: Greco-Roman Texts Interpretation, Unity, and Power Artifact: Jewish Responsa and Muslim Fatwas Part II. An Age Of Conflict and Collaboration (1050–1350 CE): The Mediterranean from the Edges 5. Holy and Unholy War Pilgrims and Predators, ca. 1050–1150 Artifact: Holy War The Contested Mediterranean, ca. 1150–1250 Artifact: Venice’s St. Mark’s Square and the Plundering of the Past 6. A Connected Sea Conflict and Integration, ca. 1250–1350 Artifact: Whose Art? Transregional Sensibilities and Itinerant Objects Mediterranean Connections, ca. 1050–1350 Artifact: To the Sea in Ships Strategies and Structures, ca. 1050–1350 Artifact: Mapping the Mediterranean and the World 7. Mediterranean Societies The Politics of Diversity Artifact: The Many Faces of Roger II Complex Societies Artifact: The Mosque and Hospital at Divriği Cosmopolitan Communities Artifact: The Architecture of Power in the Iberian Peninsula 8. Reading Each Others’ Books Translators and Terrific Stories Artifact: Alexander the Great in Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic Their Scripture, Our Language Talking Religion Artifact: Interreligious Conversations, Real and Imagined 9. A Sea of Technology, Science, and Philosophy Technology Artifact: Qanat and Noria Science Artifact: The Seven Heavens Aristotle: The Master of All Who Know Part III. The Contest for the Mediterranean (1350–1650 ce): New Empires, New Sects, New Worlds 10. Imperial Rivalry and Sectarian Strife The Rise of Frontier Empires, ca. 1350–1500 Artifact: Papal Propaganda in Renaissance Rome The Duel of Empires and the Web of Alliances, ca. 1500–1650 Artifact: Dueling Caesars: Representations of Ottoman and Habsburg Imperial Power 11. Minorities and Diasporas Toward Religious Uniformity in the Catholic Mediterranean Artifact: The Lead Books of Granada Religious Pluralism in the Muslim Mediterranean Artifact: Orthodox Monasteries and the Ottoman Empire Diasporas Artifact: The Jewish Ghetto in Venice 12. Slavery and Captivity, 650–1650 Medieval Transformations of an Ancient Institution Life of the Enslaved Artifact: The Ottoman Harem Captives and Ransoming Artifact: Malta Transformed: The Impact of the Order of the Knights of St. John Slavery and Racism Artifact: Black Africans in the Art of Western Mediterranean Christians 13. Mystical Messiahs and Converts, Humanists and Armorers Mediterranean Mystics Artifact: El Greco: Painting the Mystical across the Mediterranean Mediterranean Messiahs Artifact: Mediterranean Predictions of the End, 1450–1650 Converts Humanists and Philosophers, Scientists and Engineers Artifact: Optics and Eyeglasses 14. Family, Gender, and Honor, ca. 650–1650 Honorable Families Artifact: Marriage Issues in the Jewish Diaspora: The Case of the Ottoman Near East Women Inside, Women Outside Artifact: Women and Inquisitors in the Early Modern Mediterranean Men and Violence 15. Mediterranean Economies and Societies in a Widening World Economy and Society after the Black Death Artifact: The Venetian Arsenal and Venetian Galleys Economic and Social Problems in an Age of Empire The Mediterranean and the Atlantic Artifact: Profit, Fear, and Fascination: Elizabethan England and the Muslim World Epilogue: Luís de Torres in Cuba, Ishmael in the South Pacific: A World GrownLarger, a Sea Grown Smaller? Index