The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II: Volume IThe focus of Fernand Braudel's great work is the Mediterranean world in the second half of the sixteenth century, but Braudel ranges back in history to the world of Odysseus and forward to our time, moving out from the Mediterranean area to the New World and other destinations of Mediterranean traders. Braudel's scope embraces the natural world and material life, economics, demography, politics, and diplomacy. |
Contents
Preface to the English Edition page | 13 |
Part | 23 |
Plateaux Hills and Foothills | 53 |
The Plains | 60 |
Transhumance and Nomadism | 85 |
SEAS AND COASTS | 103 |
Mainland Coastlines | 138 |
The Islands | 148 |
Urban Functions | 312 |
Towns Witnesses to the Century | 325 |
Part | 353 |
Reservations and conclusions | 410 |
Is It Possible to Construct a Model of the Mediterranean Economy? | 418 |
PRECIOUS METALS MONEY AND PRICES | 462 |
American Silver | 476 |
The Rise in Prices | 517 |
THE GREATER MEDITERRANEAN | 168 |
Europe and the Mediterranean | 188 |
The Atlantic Ocean | 224 |
CLIMATE AND HISTORY | 231 |
The Seasons | 246 |
Has the Climate Changed Since the Sixteenth Century? | 267 |
COMMUNICATIONS AND CITIES | 276 |
TRADE AND TRANSPORT | 543 |
Equilibrium and Crisis in the Mediterranean Grain Trade | 570 |
The Sailing Ships of the Atlantic | 606 |
the Mediterranean left to Mediterranean ships | 615 |
Abbreviations 643 | |
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