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IMC 2016: Sessions

Session 535: Trade in the Mediterranean, I: The Early and Central Middle Ages

Tuesday 5 July 2016, 09.00-10.30

Organiser:Daniele Morossi, Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds
Moderator/Chair:James Hill, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Paper 535-a'Adriatic Sea of Fire': Commercial and Political Relations in the 12th Century
(Language: English)
Daniele Morossi, Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds
Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Economics - Trade
Paper 535-bProducts and Partners: Byzantine Commercial Activities in the Northern Black Sea Region - Crimean Cherson as the Centre of Trade
(Language: English)
Martina Čechová, Institute of Slavonic Studies, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Economics - Trade
Abstract

This session is the first part of the series on trade in the Mediterranean and focuses on the early and central Middle Ages. It explores aspects of trade, particularly involving Venice, the Adriatic Sea, and the Byzantine area. This session will highlight through an analysis of amphorae findings and of written commercial documents the developing commercial role of Venice between the early and central Middle Ages, both in the Adriatic and in the Byzantine areas.