Mobility and Travel in the Mediterranean from Antiquity to the Middle Ages: v. 1

ISBN-13: 9783825867553 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 136 str.

R. Schlesier;U. Zellmann

Opis

The Mediterranean represents the dynamics of cultural identity through approximation and differentiation, openness and self-assertion, and constant contact through travel to foreign regions, cultures, and societies. For ancient Greek culture, mobility seems to have been a specific characteristic. The same can be said for the Christian, Judiac, and Islamic Middle Ages, however, under different or changed circumstances. This book presents the contributions to an international workshop in cultural analysis, which focused on mobility as a proof of the historical flexibility of Mediterranean cultural systems.