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Theme: The Sea Network Connecting the Mediterranean Waters with the Atlantic Ocean in the late Medieval Times
Speaker: Nam Jong-Kuk (Professor of History Department in Dong Kuk University)
The speaker explains in details on the level of the sea networks as well as the scale of transport ships and cargos between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic in the late middle age. Through the thorough analysis of the Datini letters, he draws mainly two conclusions below. The flow of active and vigorous interaction between the two area cannot be stressed too much. As such, the importance of the successive studies on the mutual exchange by sea and cultural contact cannot be overemphasized in terms of reconsidering the existing predominant view on the medieval society.
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Theme: The Sea Network Connecting the Mediterranean Waters with the Atlantic Ocean in the late Medieval Times
Speaker: Nam Jong-Kuk (Professor of History Department in Dong Kuk University)
The speaker explains in details on the level of the sea networks as well as the scale of transport ships and cargos between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic in the late middle age. Through the thorough analysis of the Datini letters, he draws mainly two conclusions below. The flow of active and vigorous interaction between the two area cannot be stressed too much. As such, the importance of the successive studies on the mutual exchange by sea and cultural contact cannot be overemphasized in terms of reconsidering the existing predominant view on the medieval society.