Tales things tell : material histories of early globalisms

Tales things tell : material histories of early globalisms /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Flood, Finbarr Barry (Author), Fricke, Beate (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
1100-1299
Civilization, Medieval > 12th century > Sources.
Civilization, Medieval > 13th century > Sources.
Material culture > Case studies.
Culture and globalization > Case studies.
History > Methodology > Case studies.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited simultaneous users allowed; 325 uses per year)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : archives, flotsam, globalism
  • Melting, merchandise, and medicine in the Eastern Mediterranean
  • Knowledge and craft in medieval Spain and Germany
  • Coconuts and cosmology in medieval Germany
  • Magic and medicine in medieval Mesopotamia
  • Distance made tangible in medieval Ethiopia
  • Narrative and wonder in the Indian Ocean
  • Conclusion : global, local, temporal.

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