The Mediterranean world : from the fall of Rome to the rise of Napoleon /
O'Connell, Monique,1974-author.
Dursteler, Eric,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The waning of the Roman Mediterranean -- Forging new traditions: Islamic and Christian societies -- Early Medieval economies and cultures -- Reshaping political communities: Christian and Muslim Holy Wars -- Crossing boundaries: Medieval frontier societies -- Commerce, conquest, and travel -- Crisis and consolidation in state and society -- The Renaissance bazaar -- Mediterranean empires: Hapsburg, Venetian, and Ottoman -- Life on the frontier: inquisition and conversion, piracy and slaves -- Mediterranean transformations -- The waning of the early modern Mediterranean.