Uncovering the Medieval Slave Trade -- A Conversation with Hannah Barker
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Do You Think the Middle Ages Were a Mediterranean Phenomenon?
When we talk about the mediaeval world, the middle ages, we tend to think of western europe, britain, france, germany. And then we a kind of oukno lupin some italy, some iberia even though iberia was largely under islamic rule. Do you think that this common culture of slavery and everything that's connected to it, do you think it was basically a mediterranean phenomenon? That's a really good question, and i think it's something that changes over time,. What fits together as a unit in the early middle agess may be different than what fits together asA unit in the later middle ages
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