ART AND PATRONAGE IN THE MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN

Originally published in 2004, this book evaluates the Amalfitan art production in terms of moral, economic, and social structures, i ncluding investment strategies, anxieties about wealth and salvation, and southern Italy's diverse religious communities. Historiogr aphical analyses and postcolonial models of interpretation offer further insight into Amalfitan art and its ever-shifting relationsh ip to the visual cultures of sovereign authorities in southern Italy.