TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Seafaring and mobility in the late antique Mediterranean
T2  - Ancient environments
A2  - Lampinen, Antti, 1982- toimittaja
A2  - Mataix Ferrándiz, Emilia, toimittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - New York
PB  - Bloomsbury Academic
YR  - 2022
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5587305
AB  - "More than any other type of environment, with the possible exception of mountains, the sea has been understood since antiquity as being immovable to a proverbial degree. Yet it was the sea's capacity for movement - both literally and figuratively through such emotions as fear, hope and pity - that formed one of the primary means of conceptualizing its significance in Late Antique societies. This volume advances a new and interdisciplinary understanding of what the sea as an environment and the pursuit of seafaring meant in antiquity, drawing on a range of literary, legal and archaeological evidence to explore the social, economic and cultural factors at play. The contributions are structured into three thematic parts which move from broad conceptual categories to specific questions of networks and mobility. Part one takes a wide view of the Mediterranean as an environment with great metaphorical and symbolic potential. Part two looks at networks of seaborne communication and the role of islands as the characteristic hubs of the Mediterranean. Finally, part three engages with the practicalities of tackling the sea as a challenging environment that needs to be challenged politically, legally and for the means of travel"--
SN  - 978-1-350-20170-5 kovakantinen
SN  - 1350201707
KW  - To 1500
KW  - meriliikenne
KW  - laivaliikenne
KW  - merihistoria
KW  - navigointi
KW  - myöhäisantiikki
KW  - Naval history, Ancient.
KW  - Navigation : Mediterranean Region : History : To 1500.
KW  - Seafaring life : Mediterranean Region : History : To 1500.
KW  - Shipping : Mediterranean Region : History : To 1500.
KW  - Mediterranean Sea : Navigation : History : To 1500.
KW  - Navigation.
KW  - Seafaring life.
KW  - Shipping.
KW  - Välimeren alue
KW  - Mediterranean Region.
ER  -