The Two Italies: Economic Relations Between the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and the Northern Communes by David Abulafia
English | 21 Aug. 2008 | ISBN: 0521023068, 0521212111 | 332 Pages | PDF | 9 MB
English | 21 Aug. 2008 | ISBN: 0521023068, 0521212111 | 332 Pages | PDF | 9 MB
This 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.