European naval and maritime history, 300-1500 /

This general survey of European naval and maritime history for the period from A.D. 300 to 1500 focuses on Western Europe, including the Baltic, North Sea, and Atlantic traditions, and on the Mediterranean, particularly Byzantine and Moslem naval history. The authors survey a number of interconnecte...

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Main Author: Lewis, Archibald R. (Archibald Ross), 1914-1990
Other Authors: Runyan, Timothy J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1985.
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Table of Contents:
  • The late Roman world to A.D. 500
  • Byzantine naval power and shipping, 500-1291
  • Muslim naval and maritime power in the Mediterranean, 651-1498
  • Latin western naval power and shipping in the Mediterranean, 800-1498
  • Irish, Frisians, and Vikings in the Northern seas, 500-1066
  • The age of the English and the Hansa in the North, 1066-1377
  • The rise of Iberian sea power and a new Atlantic destiny, 1377-1498.