«Caput Totius Maris Maioris». About the Monograph by Prof. A.G. Emanov «The Celestial Jerusalem or the Babylon: The Fate of Medieval Caffa’s / Feodosia’s. Saint-Petersburg: Aletheia, 2022. 734 p.»
Journal: Средние века
Year: 2025

The review considers prof. A. G. Emanov’s interpretation of the stadial process of urbanisation in the area of Caffa (Feodosia, Crimea) from proto-town nuclei - to the pre-city, from it - to the early city and from the latter - to the full urban status of&amp;amp;nbsp; πόλις&amp;amp;nbsp;/ civitas, correlated with the phenomenon of cosmopolis. It had its own political organisation, sovereignty, which implied the conclusion and cancellation of international treaties, the extension of senorial pow