{"product_id":"the-two-italies-economic-relations-between-the-norman-kingdom-of-sicily-and-the-northern-communes-paperback-9780521023061","title":"The Two Italies; Economic Relations Between the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and the Northern Communes (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521023061","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Two Italies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEconomic Relations Between the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and the Northern Communes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of the economic development in twelfth-century Italy of Sicily and the maritime ports.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Abulafia (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521023061, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 November 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.435 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is a study of the economic development of different areas of twelfth-century Italy whose commercial interests were closely inter related: the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, famed for the wealth of its rulers, and the maritime ports of Genoa, Pisa and Venice, which were actively extending their trading interests throughout the Mediterranean. On the basis of largely untapped sources in Genoa and other north Italian archives, this book seeks to explain how the north Italian merchants attempted to extend and to protect their interests in the kingdom of Sicily, by agreements with the Norman rulers or with those in Germany and Byzantium who aimed at the conquest of Sicily and southern Italy. Dr Abulafia argues that the kingdom was a major exporter of wheat and raw cotton, and that in the twelfth century the northern merchants gained a substantial hold over these exports. The Norman kings profited greatly from the opportunity to sell the produce of their realm, and in particular of their own estates, to an assured market; the lack of intensive industry in the kingdom left the northerners free to produce textiles out of southern fibres. Thus signs emerge of two Italies, an agrarian and pastoral south, against a north with incipient industrial activity, based partly on the commercial exploitation of the south.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of maps\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e A note on the tables\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Foundations: 1. The sources\u003cbr\u003e 2. The resources\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Development of Trade: 3. The first phase of alliances, 1116–54\u003cbr\u003e 4. The maritime alliance of 1156 and its afternath\u003cbr\u003e 5. Crisis and recovery, 1162–79\u003cbr\u003e 6. An age of peaceful competition, 1179–89\u003cbr\u003e 7. The last phase of alliance, 1189–91\u003cbr\u003e 8. Quid plura? 1191–5\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Structure of Trade: 9. The structure of Genoese trade with Sicily, 1155–64\u003cbr\u003e 10. The structure of trade in the late Norman period\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978398458136,"sku":"9780521023061","price":22.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521023061i.jpg?v=1694963611","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-two-italies-economic-relations-between-the-norman-kingdom-of-sicily-and-the-northern-communes-paperback-9780521023061","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}