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Mendicants, Jews and Muslims at court in the crown of Aragon : social practice and inter-religious communication
Jablonka Ivan, Jaspert Nikolas, Schreiber Jean-Philippe & Tolan John (eds.), Religious Minorities, Integration and the State / État, minorités religieuses et intégration. Turnhout, Brepols, 2016
Anastassiadou-Dumont Méropi. Jablonka Ivan, Jaspert Nikolas, Schreiber Jean-Philippe & Tolan John (eds.), Religious Minorities, Integration and the State / État, minorités religieuses et intégration. Turnhout, Brepols, 2016. In: Bulletin critique des annales islamologiques, n°33, 2019. pp. 45-47
Piracy, connectivity and seaborne power in the Middle Ages
The author questions the widespread idea that piracy is a hindrance to maritime communication. He shows that piracy can reinforce connectivity, as defined by Horden and Purcell, by provoking human displacements and increasing ethnic diversity. The repression of piracy is carried out by means of the law, by the creation of institutions such as maritime insurance, or by diplomacy. The author examines the links between political power and piracy, especially in the case of thalassocracies
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