IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 1715: Food, Supply, and Conflict in the Mediterranean Borderland: Morocco and Iberia
Thursday 7 July 2016, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Departamento da História, Universidade de Lisboa |
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| Organiser: | Hermenegildo Fernandes, Centro de História, Universidade de Lisboa |
| Moderator/Chair: | Fatima Rhorchi, The School of Law, Economics & Social Sciences, Université Moulay Ismaïl, Morocco |
| Paper 1715-a | When Two Empires Collide: Starvation in the Transition From the Almoravid to the Almohad Rule in North Africa, 1139-1147 (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - General, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1715-b | Eating and Fighting: Food in the Portuguese Army of the Conquests in the Maghreb, 15th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - General, Geography and Settlement Studies, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1715-c | Supplying the Frontier in 15th-Century Morocco: An Analysis of the Balance Sheet Reports of the Portuguese Governors (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - General, Geography and Settlement Studies, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | War and food are closely intertwined and, to some extent, they complement each other. Without food or drink, there is no war. Besides, battles are often triggered by problems of food capture, or it consists on the destruction of the enemies supply routes or provisions. One can say that war is, therefore, sometimes cause, other times consequence of the scarce of food. The papers will be dealing with problems of food supplies in Maghreb and Iberia confrontations (12th-15th centuries): the feed of armies in war; the provision of food for the victims of war; the supply of the conquered cities. |