Companion to Medieval Pisa

Karen Rose Mathews, Ph.D. (1995), University of Chicago, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Miami. She has published numerous articles on Mediterranean visual culture and a recent monograph, Conflict, Commerce, and an Aesthetic of Appropriation in the Italian Maritime Cities, 1000-1150 (Brill, 2018). Silvia Orvietani Busch, Ph.D. (1996), University of California, Los Angeles, is an Associate Scholar at the UCLA CMRS-Center for Early Global Studies. She has published several articles on the Mediterranean Middle Ages and a monograph, Medieval Mediterranean Ports. The Catalan and Tuscan Coasts, 1100 to 1235 (Brill, 2001). Stefano Bruni, Ph.D. (1991), Universities of Pisa, Firenze, and Siena, is Professor of Etruscology and Italic Archaeology at the University of Ferrara. He has published on Etruscan civilization and the history of its collections, including Pisa la città delle navi. Il porto urbano di Pisa etrusca e romana dallo scavo al museo(ETS, 2003).

• PrefaceList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: The Legacy of Medieval PisaKaren Rose Mathews and Silvia Orvietani BuschPrologue: Pisa in PerspectiveDavid AbulafiaPART 1: Origins and Geomorphology1 Pisa and Its Natural EnvironmentMonica Bini and Veronica Rossi2 The Origins: The Etruscan Polis and Roman CivitasStefano BruniPart 2: Archaeology3 Pisa in the Early Medieval PeriodAntonio Alberti4 Medieval Archaeology and ExcavationsGabriele GattigliaPart 3: Political and Institutional History5 Politics, Institutions and Society in Pisa during the Communal Era (Late Eleventh to Late Fourteenth Century)Alma Poloni6 The Late Middle Ages and the Florentine ConquestGiuseppe PetraliaPart 4: Urban History7 Urban History, Topography, and Social OrganizationGabriella Garzella8 Creating a New forma urbis: Pisa’s Evolving Cityscape from the Golden Age to the Florentine ConquestEwa Karwacka CodiniPart 5: Economic Organization and Mediterranean Expansion9 The Pisan Economy from the Tenth to Fifteenth Century: A Parabolic TrajectoryCédric Quertier10 Maritime Expansion into the Western MediterraneanMichele Campopiano11 Trade and Interactions with Outremer: The Pisans in the East from the Eleventh to the Fourteenth CenturyMichel BalardPart 6: Port Systems and Infrastructure12 The Port Structures of Medieval Pisa: Organization, Form, and FunctionalityFabio Redi13 The Mediterranean Port System of Pisa: Role, Management, and EvolutionOlimpia VaccariPart 7: Religious Life and Ecclesiastical Institutions14 Bishops, Archbishops, and Religious Institutions from the Ninth to the Fifteenth CenturyMauro Ronzani15 The Pisan Churches and Cult of SaintsMaria Luisa Ceccarelli LemutPart 8: Cultural Life and History16 Culture and Literature in Pisa from the Eighth to the Fourteenth CenturyOttavio Banti17 Art in Pisa in the Middle AgesMarco Collareta18 Pisan Bacini and the Churches of PisaKaren Rose Mathews19 The Image of Pisa in the Medieval Figurative ArtsCristina CagianelliEpilogue: The Iconic Status of Medieval Pisa and Its Urban FormFranco CardiniBibliographyIndex