Medieval History
Jana Schulman recently reviewed Benjamin Hudson, ed., Studies in the Medieval Atlantic. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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Medieval History
Schulman Reviews Hudson, ed., Studies in the Medieval Atlantic
This collection of seven essays originated at a conference, Sailing the Western Sea: The Atlantic Ocean in a Medieval Perspective, held in March 2009. The volume?s purpose is to draw attention to the Atlantic Ocean, in all its vastness, and its impact on those who lived along it. Hudson, in his Prologue, sets the context for the essays that follow, tracing references to the Atlantic from the earliest times, specifically those that highlight the distances and the interconnectivity, by means of travel, of those sailing it. In the next four sections, he discusses the coming of Christianity and how it brought more deep sea navigation as saints and missionaries traveled by sea; the Vikings and their mastery of the sea; how the ocean contributed to trade and commerce; and, finally, how the Atlantic led to conquest, colonization, and subsequent support of commerce. What is unusual about Hudson?s Prologue is that ... READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE.
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