A history of Genoa, tracing the city's transformation from an obscure port into the capital of a small but thriving republic with an extensive overseas empire.

A history of Genoa, tracing the city's transformation from an obscure port into the capital of a small but thriving republic with an extensive overseas empire.

Tells the story of Genoa's journey from obscurity to its status as a merchant-pirate superpower that helped create the medieval world

This book examines the most important themes in European social and economic history from the beginning of growth around the year 1000 to the first wave of glob

A Companion to Medieval Genoa introduces non-specialists to recent scholarship on the vibrant and source-rich medieval history of Genoa. Focusing mostly on the