TY - JOUR
T1 - Identity in the medieval mediterranean world of merchants and pirates
AU - Reyerson, Kathryn
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Identity in the medieval Mediterranean world was complex and multifaceted. Medieval Europeans, especially merchants, borrowed and shifted identities according to the circumstances. They might sail under the flags of other polities and become pirates and privateers on occasion. This study examines cases of shifting identities, multiple identities, borrowing of identities, and mistaken identities within a shared Mediterranean maritime culture, using literary evidence, judicial records, treaties, and documents of practice.
AB - Identity in the medieval Mediterranean world was complex and multifaceted. Medieval Europeans, especially merchants, borrowed and shifted identities according to the circumstances. They might sail under the flags of other polities and become pirates and privateers on occasion. This study examines cases of shifting identities, multiple identities, borrowing of identities, and mistaken identities within a shared Mediterranean maritime culture, using literary evidence, judicial records, treaties, and documents of practice.
KW - Mediterranean
KW - Merchants
KW - Middle ages
KW - Pirates
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U2 - 10.5325/mediterraneanstu.20.2.0129
DO - 10.5325/mediterraneanstu.20.2.0129
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84874962218
SN - 1074-164X
VL - 20
SP - 129
EP - 146
JO - Mediterranean Studies
JF - Mediterranean Studies
IS - 2
ER -