Virtual tour of the exhibition “Genoa and the Crimea (the 13th-15th centuries). History of the Genoese Trade Expansion in the Northern Black Sea Region”
Virtual tour of the exhibition “Genoa and the Crimea (the 13th-15th centuries). History of the Genoese Trade Expansion in the Northern Black Sea Region”
Exhibition materials:
Michel Balard’s* report on the opening of the exhibition.
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*Michel Balard is a French medievalist. In 1959, he began to teach history, in parallel with his research activities. In 1976, he defended his doctoral thesis on the subject “Genoese Romania (the 12th – beginning of the 15th century)” (La Romanie génoise (XIIe-début du XVe siècle)). Published in 1978, this work is still a classic historical composition on this subject. In 1976-1988, Professor of the University of Reims, 1988-1991 ‒ of the University of Paris 12 (Val-de-Marne). Since 1991 ‒ Professor of the University of Paris 1 (Pantheon-Sorbonne). The main focus of research is the history of trade, economic, political and cultural expansion of the representatives of the Italian maritime republics in the Eastern Mediterranean (Byzantium, Middle East, Cyprus), the Black Sea and Central Asia. During the years of work, he has discovered, researched and published thousands of medieval documents, mainly from the State Archives of Genoa. He is the author and editor of dozens of monographs and more than 300 scientific articles on the presence of Italians in the Overseas (Oltremare).