Windows into the Medieval Mediterranean

Jeanette M. Fregulia, Ph.D. is Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History, Carroll College, Helena, Montana. Her research interests include merchants and trade in the pre-modern Mediterranean. Her most recent publication is A Rich and Tantalizing Brew: A History of How Coffee Connected the World (2019).

• Part 1: Archaeology and Architecture1.Cross-cultural Encounters on Byzantine Islands (ca.600–ca.900): An Archaeological Perspective Zavagno, LucaPart 2: Stories of Travel and Encounter2. Cultural Interconnectedness Between China and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages Broilo, Federica A.3. Between the Sands of the Sahara and the Waves of the Mediterranean: The Fleet as a Model of Political and Economic Expansion of the Almoravid Empire (508/1115–541/1147)Lourinho, Inês Part 3: Literature and Poetry4. A Collection of Indian Fables Across Medieval Mediterranean Cultures Carretero-Martínez, Gonzalo 5. The Depiction of Morals and Virtues in Renaissance Poetry Wirth, Matthew6. Human and Nonhuman “Others” in Chrétien’s YvainWhite, Victoria Part 4: Matters of Faith7. Discord and Concord on the Basis of Faith Between the East Syriac and Byzantine Churches in the Early Medieval Mediterranean World Popa, Catalin-Stefan8. Traveling Hagiography: The Exchange of Saints' Lives Across the Medieval Mediterranean Politano, Cristina Part 5: Crusades9. The Crusader States in the Foreign Policy of the First Mamluks Filipau, Aliaksandr 10. “God Wills It”: Pope Urban II, the Anti-Pope Clement III, and the Reasons for the First CrusadeWoodson, Hue Part 6: Monarchies and Conflict11. “May God Destroy the Spanish,” North African Sixteenth Century Ottomanophilia Through MapmakingKahlaoui, Tarek 12. The Nasrid Sultanate of Granada, and the Frontier (Twelfth to Fifteenth Centuries) Carrasco-Melo, Diego 13. A Crown for Queen Isabella: Symbols, Contested Authority, and Royal Intervention in Early Modern GranadaMorera, Luis X.Part 7: Ties That Bind14. The Macedonian Dynasty: Marriage and Politics in the Third/Ninth Century Panagiotou, Stavros 15. A Woman's Affair: Dowries in Genoese Chios in the Late Middle Ages Ravera, Chiara16. Byzantines and Brides: Negotiating Romanness and Kinship Across FrontiersMagnolia, Alex Part 8: Around the Mediterranean World17. Disease in the Medieval Mediterranean Thacker, Brenda18. Between Baghdad and The Mediterranean PreJean, Chris 19. Nomads in the Medieval Mediterranean: Mobility and Counter-Mobility in a Changing World Freeman, Margaret Helen20. Unwilling Migrants: Slave Trade Between the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean Between 1280 and 1350Stojkovski , Boris21. Piracy in the Medieval Mediterranean Parker, Matthew E.22. Conclusion: An Ending and Maybe a Beginning