The Battle of Meloria (August 6, 1284)

 I have just uploaded a new article, which is my sixth account of medieval naval battles. You can find it here: https://www.academia.edu/130330389/The_Battle_of_Meloria_August_6_1284_.

The article includes five main points: 1. The Dogged Rivals 2. The Escalation of Violence 3. The Final Confrontation 4. The Outcome 5. The Re-imagining

This version draws upon Matthew E. Parker's dissertation, "Sinking Pisa: The Decline of a Commercial Empire in the Thirteenth Century" (Saint Louis University, 2019). It also references "The Templar of Tyre," translated by Paul Crawford (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003), which is an anonymous fourteenth-century chronicle.

 

You read the sixth article from the cycle devoted to maritime battles in the medieval

Mediterranean. The Pisans and Genoese went face-to-face, battling for the hegemony of the

key islands, and, by extension, of the entire western basin of the Inland Sea. Only one of them

could taste victory, though the geopolitical game did not stop after the confrontation, as

 overstaying sideliners started warming up. 

Keywords: Pisa, Genoa, Sardinia, Corsica, Oberto Doria, Benedetto Zaccaria, Albertino

Morosini, Ugolino della Gherardesca

I have created a new folder called "Renovations" to compile fresh ideas for my project,

The Fright and Thrill of Navigation: Seafaring in the Medieval Period. As I mentioned

before, I will focus my research on the Middle Ages, up to the dawn of the sixteenth

century. This decision means I will have to forgo topics such as the development of

gunpowder and firearms on ships, even though their use began to spread in the

fourteenth century.

I also plan to deliver a Zoom lecture based on my previously uploaded article:

https://www.academia.edu/126933976/The_Siege_of_Chandax_The_Byzantine_Recovery_of_Crete_960_961.

Ultimately, I am committed to resuming my study on merchant galleys.