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The Mediterranean & The Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II by Fernand Braudel

The Mediterranean; The focus of this work is the Mediterranean world in the second half of the 16th century. However, the book also ranges back in history to the world of Odysseus and forward to our time, moving out from the Mediterranean area to the New World and other destinations of Mediterranean traders. For Braudel there is no single Mediterranean Sea. There are many seas—indeed a “vast, complex expanse” within which men operate. Life is conducted on the Mediterranean: people travel, fish, fight wars, and drown in its various contexts. And the sea articulates with the plains and islands. Life on the plains is diverse and complex; the poorer south is affected by religious diversity (Catholicism and Islam), as well as by intrusions – both cultural and economic – from the wealthier north. In other words, the Mediterranean cannot be understood independently from what is exterior to it. Any rigid adherence to boundaries falsifies the situation.

Features;

• Folio Society Second Printing No. 1032
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 2000
• Hardback, 406, 607, 517 pp
• Contemporary paintings, prints and documents
• Size 250 x 175mm, 4.8kg

Condition: Near Fine – Light Wear to Slipcase, Books Unmarked Copies

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