Note sulla schiavitù in Sicilia tra Tardo Medioevo e Prima Età Moderna

This work examines the Mediterranean slave trade in Sicily between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Modern Age by linking up the researches previously carried out about the Western Sicily notary sources, especially those of Palermo, and the ones carried out about the Eastern side of the island, considering the surviving documentation of Messina. The variation of slave origins and the involvement in the Messina market of external operators (Catalans, Syracusans, etc.) and of the Jewish minority is examined in particular.