Corsairs' Crews and Cross-Cultural Interactions: The Case of the Pisan Trapelicinus in the Twelfth Century.

This article reconstructs the vicissitudes of a Pisan crew navigating the coasts of the Mediterranean in the second half of the twelfth century. The analysis is based on a variety of sources, dispersed in several Mediterranean archives, that shed light on the outfitting of a corsair ship, on the way...

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Publicado en:Medieval Encounters Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 32 - 56
Autor principal: Salvatori, Enrica
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers 2007
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Sumario:This article reconstructs the vicissitudes of a Pisan crew navigating the coasts of the Mediterranean in the second half of the twelfth century. The analysis is based on a variety of sources, dispersed in several Mediterranean archives, that shed light on the outfitting of a corsair ship, on the way in which decisions were made on a medieval ship, and on the existence of mixed Christian and Muslim crews on board the ships of major European Mediterranean cities such as Pisa.