The Crown of Aragon and the Mamluk Sultanate

new perspectives for the study of diplomacy

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/2974-637X/11533

Keywords:

Mamluk Sultanate, New Diplomatic History, Chancery Documents, Diplomatics

Abstract

The article examines how past and recent historiography has dealt with the diplomatic relations between the Crown of Aragon and the Mamluk sultanate. After having reassessed some paradigms that have long influenced the literature on the topic, the author presents some studies carried out in recent years as an effective example of “New Diplomatic History” applied to the analysis of the exchanges between the Crown and the Mamluks. Finally, the specific historical case of Ferrante’s Mediterranean politics is considered, to outline some prospects for future research.

Author Biography

Alessandro Rizzo, University of Liège

Alessandro Rizzo is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Liège (“Chargé de recherches” funded by the Belgian “Fonds de la recherche scientifique”). After completing his PhD thesis (University of Liège and University of Aix-Marseille), on the relations between Florence and the Mamluk Sultanate (published by Brill), he conducted research at the University of Bonn, the Institució Milà i Fontanals in Barcelona, and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He has worked on and published articles on diplomacy between Christian and Muslim powers in the late medieval Mediterranean. He is a scientific partner of the project Diplomaticon and a member of the editorial board of Quaderni di Studi Arabi.

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2024-12-27

How to Cite

Rizzo, A. (2024). The Crown of Aragon and the Mamluk Sultanate: new perspectives for the study of diplomacy. Cesura - Rivista, 3(2), 371–394. https://doi.org/10.6093/2974-637X/11533

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2024): CESURA - Rivista, 3/2 (2024)

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Discussions (Monographic section)

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