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This collection of essays is the first English-language, multidisciplinary analysis of medieval and modern Sardinia, offering fresh perspectives from archaeology and other fields. This volume is an ideal introduction for a new comer to the field, as well as the advanced scholar.

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The first English-language survey of medieval and modern Sardinia, this volume offers access to long-awaited European scholarship on a critical missing link in the Mediterranean. Based on new archaeological fieldwork and current research from a variety of academic perspectives- architecture, colonialism, ecclesiastic history, cartography, demography, law, musicology, politics, trade, and urban planning-the authors provide the foundation to incorporate Sardinia into a broader European history. Among other contributions, archaeology adds critical insight into the relationship between Christian, Muslim, and Jewish inhabitants of Sardinia, through examinations of urban and rural settlement patterns. This volume aims to stimulate further analysis of the critical role Sardinia has played as one of the largest and most strategically located islands in the Mediterranean.
Contributors are Laura Biccone, Nathalie Bouloux, Henri Bresc, Marco Cadinu, Roberto Coroneo, Laura Galoppini, Henrike Haug, Michelle Hobart, Rossana Martorelli, Giampaolo Mele, Marco Milanese, Giovanni Murgia, Gian Giacomo Ortu, Daniela Rovina, Olivetta Schena, Cecilia Tasca, Raimondo Turtas, and Corrado Zedda.

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Acknowledgements List of Figures and Plates Notes on Contributors Sardinia as a Crossroads in the Mediterranean: An Introduction   Michelle Hobart Setting the Scene

1 Archives and Documents Pertaining to the History of Medieval Sardinia   Olivetta Schena

2 Sardinia in Geographical Descriptions and Maps from the Middle Ages   Nathalie Bouloux History

3 Overview of Sardinian History (500-1500)   Laura Galoppini

4 A Revision of Sardinian History between the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries   Corrado Zedda

5 Medieval and Modern Sicily and the Kingdoms of Sardinia and Corsica   Henri Bresc

6 Jews in Sardinia: From Antiquity to the Edict of Expulsion of 1492   Ceclia Tasca

7 The Sardinian Church   Raimondo Turtas

8 The Struggle for Sardinia in the Twelfth Century: Textual and Architectural Evidence from Genoa and Pisa   Henrike Haug

9 Establishing Power and Law in Medieval and Modern Sardinia   Gian Giacomo Ortu

10 Spanish Sardinia: Conflicts and Alliances   Giovanni Murgia Archaeology

11 Contribution of Archaeology to Medieval and Modern Sardinia   Marco Milanese

12 Cagliari   Rossana Martorelli

13 Sassari   Daniela Rovina

14 Catalan Alghero: Historical Perspectives from the Vantage Point of Medieval Archaeology   Marco Milanese

15 Medieval and Early Modern Pottery   Laura Biccone

16 Fashion and Jewelry   Daniela Rovina Culture

17 A Historical Overview of Musical Worship and Culture in Medieval Sardinia   Giampaolo Mele

18 Architecture in Sardinia from the Fifth to the Sixteenth Centuries   Roberto Coroneo

19 Urban Planning and New Towns in Medieval Sardinia   Marco Cadinu Appendices
Timeline Glossary Bibliography Index

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