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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      27 August 2009
      15 January 2004
      ISBN:
      9780511496264
      9780521819183
      9780521109765
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511496264
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.81kg, 440 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 440 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Social and Population History, Area Studies, History, European Studies, European History 450-1000
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    Social and Population History, Area Studies, History, European Studies, European History 450-1000
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    The Greek pandocheion, Arabic funduq, and Latin fundicum (fondaco) were ubiquitous in the Mediterranean sphere for nearly two millennia. These institutions were not only hostelries for traders and travelers, but also taverns, markets, warehouses, and sites for commercial taxation and regulation. In this highly original study, Professor Constable traces the complex evolution of this family of institutions from the pandocheion in Late Antiquity, to the appearance of the funduq throughout the Muslim Mediterranean following the rise of Islam. By the twelfth century, with the arrival of European merchants in Islamic markets, the funduq evolved into the fondaco. These merchant colonies facilitated trade and travel between Muslim and Christian regions. Before long, fondacos also appeared in southern European cities. This study of the diffusion of this institutional family demonstrates common economic interests and cross-cultural communications across the medieval Mediterranean world, and provides a striking contribution to our understanding of this region.

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    "Constable has written a monumental book, covering the many semantic, political, economic and cross-cultural angles of a truly interdisciplinary historical enterprise. Its diachronic and geographic reach...create[s] a rich narrative that is a delight to read, and it offers a veritable treasure house of information for classical scholars, medievalists and early modernists of many kinds." Bryn Mawr Classical Review

    "Constable has produced an interesting book about the ways in which travelers were housed, particularly those involved in trade in the Mediterranean world in late antiquity and the middle ages." EH.NET

    "This book is filed with close, astute studies of local trends in parts of the Mediterranean and does an exellent job of balancing regional and general developments." - Steven A. Epstein, University of Kansas

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