At the end of the fourteenth century, the Mediterranean belonged to its towns, to the city-states scattered around its shores. There were of course already, here and there, a few territorial states, fairly homogeneous in character and comparatively large, bordering the sea itself: the Kingdom of Naples'il Reame the outstanding example; the Byzantine Empire; or the possessions united under the C…
At the end of the fourteenth century, the Mediterranean belonged to its towns, to the city-states scattered around its shores. There were of course already, here and there, a few territorial states, fairly homogeneous in character and comparatively large, bordering the sea itself: the Kingdom of Naples'il Reame the outstanding example; the Byzantine Empire; or the possessions united under the C…
MATERIAL LIFE is made up of people and things. The study of things, of every thing mankind makes or uses food, housing, clothing, luxury, tools, coinage or its substitutes, framework of village and town is not the only way of analysing daily life. The number of people who share the wealth of the world is also significant. The outward feature that immediately differentiates the present world fro…
this colection did not originate with me. two or three years ago,my polish and then my spanish friend decided to colect and translatte the few articles and essays which i had published in the past twenty years on the nature of history.this volume is the final result.if it had not hapened this way, would i have thought of making such a colection myself? that is question i ask myself as i finish …
professeur au college de france ou il occupe la chaire d'histoire de la civilisation moderne, fernand braudel joue dans l'historiographie francaise d'aujourd'hui un role de premier plan.