David Abulafia

David Samuel Harvard Abulafia FBA ( born December 12, 1949 Twickenham, England) is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge and a member ( "Fellow" ) of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

Abulafia came from an old Sephardic family, who in 1492 relocated after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain to Galilee and lived there for many generations in Tiberias. His wife, Anna Sapir Abulafia, is a respected historian of Jewish- Christian relations. Abulafia received his education at St. Paul's School and King's College, Cambridge.

He has published several books on medieval history and published the 5th volume of the New Cambridge Medieval History. His book on the history of the Middle Ages has been translated into six languages, including in the German. He has lectured in various countries, such as Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, the USA, Japan, Israel, Egypt and Germany.

His most important book is Frederick II: a medieval emperor, which was published in German and Italian translation, but because of his critical examination of the Emperor Frederick II was judged differently. Abulafia was named in recognition of his works on the Italian, especially Sicilian, story of the Italian President to Commendatore della Stella della dell'Ordine Solidarietà Italiana. He has written specifically about the Balearic Islands and Spain and deals with the economic history of the Mediterranean and the encounter of the three Abrahamic religions in the Mediterranean.

Writings

  • The Two Italies. Economic relations in between the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and the northern communes. In 1977.
  • Italy, Sicily and the Mediterranean, 1100-1400. In 1987.
  • Frederick II A medieval emperor. London / New York, 1988, 3rd edition 2001. German translation: Ruler between cultures. Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. Siedler Verlag, Berlin, 1991 ( review ).
  • German translation: The Mediterranean: A Biography. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-10-000904-3 (bound). ; ISBN 978-3-10-402811-8 (eBook ).
  • With M. Rubin and M. Franklin: Church and City, 1000-1500. Studies in honor of Christopher Brooke. In 1992.
  • The French descent into Renaissance Italy, 1494-95. Antecedents and effects. In 1995.
  • With B. Garí: En las costas del Mediterráneo occidental. Las ciudades de la Peninsula Iberica y del reino de Mallorca y el comercio en la Edad Media mediterráneo. Barcelona 1997.
  • The New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol 5, c. From 1198 to 1300. In 1999.
  • With N. Berend: Medieval Frontiers: concepts and practices. , 2002.
  • The Mediterranean in History., 2003. German translation: The Mediterranean, culture and history. Belser, Stuttgart 2003.
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