Diplomatic Networks in the Medieval Mediterranean
Individuals, Groups, and Interactions
- Edited by:
- Isabella Lazzarini,
- Roser Salicrú i Lluch,
This volume focuses on the late medieval Mediterranean as a space of contact and interaction. It stems from DiplomatiCon, an EOS (Excellence of Science) project bringing together four research groups (Liège, Antwerp, Barcelona, Turin) devoted to the coordinated study of relations between the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, the Italian polities, and the Crown of Aragon. Individuals and groups came into contact across the Mediterranean for economic, political, religious or dynastic reasons, through varied modes of interaction and networks of differing range. Analysis of these networks, their languages and ramifications combines qualitative methods with computational tools, offering methodological insights and new historical interpretations.
- Keywords:
- Mediterranean Sea,
- the Christian West,
- the Islamicate world,
- late Middle Ages,
- networks,
- diplomacy,
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-1117-8
- Series: Reti Medievali E-Book
- Scientific Board
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medieval History
University of Turin, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-7470-5554
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain - ORCID: 0000-0003-2805-7685
Roser Salicrú i Lluch is a Senior Researcher at the Milà i Fontanals Institution for Research in Humanities (IMF) of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) in Barcelona. She is a specialist in late medieval Mediterranean studies, with specific attention on the contacts between Christianity and Islam; trade, navigation, and shipbuilding; travel, travelers, and pilgrimages; and slavery and captivity.
Isabella Lazzarini
Between Networks and Social Networks Analysis: Diplomacy in the Medieval Mediterranean- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.1-10
Bogdan Smarandache
Piecing Together Chancery-Scribal Networks: A Potential Pathway for Exploring the History of Mamlūk-Era Diplomatic Agreements- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.11-28
Queralt Penedès Fradera
Exploring Diplomatic Networks: The Role of Romeu de Marimon’s Family in Catalan-Mamluk Relations- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.29-49
Michele Argentini
Si hanno lettere dal Chaiero. Venetian Merchants and Information Gathering in Mamluk Egypt, 15th-16th Century- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.51-71
Nikolas Jaspert
The Acoustics of Mediterranean Diplomacy: Negotiating Islamicate Sounds in Medieval Iberia- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.73-98
Georg Christ
Networks that Cannot Match: Managing Crusade and Trade in 15th- Century Rhodes- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.99-124
Davor Salihović
Turcho… ad oratori inimici non dà audientia, si non per internuntione: Networks of Hungarian-Venetian-Ottoman Negotiations in the 15th Century- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.125-146
Alessandro Rizzo
Intrigue and Diplomacy across Mediterranean Connections: The Versatile Role of Rizzo de Marino between Cyprus, Naples, and Cairo- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.147-169
Evelina del Mercato
Francesco Gonzaga, Ṭaghrī Birdī, and the Two Sultans. Crafting a Mediterranean Network for the Marquis of Mantua (1493)- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.171-189
Roser Salicrú Lluch
An Afterword on Diplomatic Networks and Social Network Analysis. Reflexions, Questions and Queries- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.191-194
- Publication Year: 2026
- Pages: 208
- eISBN: 979-12-215-1117-8
- Content License: CC BY 4.0
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- Publication Year: 2026
- Pages: 208
- ISBN: 979-12-215-1115-4
- Content License: CC BY 4.0
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title
Diplomatic Networks in the Medieval Mediterranean
Book Subtitle
Individuals, Groups, and Interactions
Editors
Isabella Lazzarini, Roser Salicrú i Lluch
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
208
Publication Year
2026
Copyright Information
© 2026 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1117-8
ISBN Print
979-12-215-1115-4
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-1117-8
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-1120-8
Series Title
Reti Medievali E-Book
Series ISSN
2704-6362
Series E-ISSN
2704-6079
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