Housing the Stranger in the Mediterranean World

Lodging, Trade, and Travel in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

AvOlivia Remie Constable,Indiana) Constable, Olivia Remie (University of Notre Dame

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The Greek pandocheion, Arabic funduq, and Latin fundicum (fondaco) were ubiquitous in the Mediterranean sphere for nearly two millennia. These institutions were not only hostelries for traders and travelers, but also taverns, markets, warehouses, and sites for commercial taxation and regulation. In this highly original study, Professor Constable traces the complex evolution of this family of institutions from the pandocheion in Late Antiquity, to the appearance of the funduq throughout the Muslim Mediterranean following the rise of Islam. By the twelfth century, with the arrival of European merchants in Islamic markets, the funduq evolved into the fondaco. These merchant colonies facilitated trade and travel between Muslim and Christian regions. Before long, fondacos also appeared in southern European cities. This study of the diffusion of this institutional family demonstrates common economic interests and cross-cultural communications across the medieval Mediterranean world, and provides a striking contribution to our understanding of this region.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-04-30
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt640 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor440
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521109765

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Introduction: a culture of travel: words institutions, and connections; 1. Accepting all comers': a cross-cultural institution in late antiquity; 2. the transition from Byzantium to the Dar al-Islam; 3. Commerce, charity, community, and the funduq; 4. Colonies before colonialism: western Christian trade and the evolution of the fondaco; 5. Conquest and commercial space: the case of Iberia; 6. Fondacos in Sicily, south Italy, and the Crusader states; 7. Changing patterns of Muslim commercial space in the later middle ages; 8. Christian commerce and the solidification of the fondaco system; 9. The fondaco in Mediterranean Europe; Conclusion: a changing world: new peoples and institutions in the early modern Mediterranean; Bibliography; Index.

"Constable has written a monumental book, covering the many semantic, political, economic and cross-cultural angles of a truly interdisciplinary historical enterprise. Its diachronic and geographic reach...create[s] a rich narrative that is a delight to read, and it offers a veritable treasure house of information for classical scholars, medievalists and early modernists of many kinds." Bryn Mawr Classical Review