IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 1537: Crossing Cultural and Religious Boundaries, I: Exchange and Conflict in the Black Sea and Asia
Thursday 7 July 2016, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies |
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| Organiser: | Michael Carr, School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh |
| Moderator/Chair: | Georg Christ, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester |
| Paper 1537-a | The City and the Sea: Byzantine Naval and Mercantile Policy between Andronikos II and John VI (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Economics - Trade, Maritime and Naval Studies, Military History |
| Paper 1537-b | Papal Privileges during the Mongol Siege of Caffa and the Black Sea Crisis of the 14th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Economics - Trade, Maritime and Naval Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1537-c | The Trading Khans: Commercial Partnerships and Social Cohesion within the Golden Horde, 1260-1360 (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Trade, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | The aim of these sessions is to look at how individuals and institutions, both secular and religious, aimed to limit and facilitate exchange across perceived religious and cultural boundaries in three different contested zones in Europe and the Near East. This session will focus on interactions between Italians, Byzantines, and Mongols in the Aegean, Black Sea, and Golden Horde. Particular attention will be paid to the economic mechanisms created to regulate exchange in these regions (e.g. embargoes, exemptions, and treaties); the importance of sustaining transcultural trade routes and networks in the face of military and political pressures; and the tensions created by the desire for maritime and/or land-based commercial superiority. |