David Samuel Harvard Abulafia has been Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge since 2000 and a fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge since 1974. Abulafia comes from a very old Sephardic family that left Spain for Galilee around 1492 and lived for many generations in Tiberias. His wife Anna Sapir Abulafia is a noted historian of Jewish-Christian relations. He was educated at St. Paul's School and King's College, Cambridge.

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  • David Samuel Harvard Abulafia has been Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge since 2000 and a fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge since 1974. Abulafia comes from a very old Sephardic family that left Spain for Galilee around 1492 and lived for many generations in Tiberias. His wife Anna Sapir Abulafia is a noted historian of Jewish-Christian relations. He was educated at St. Paul's School and King's College, Cambridge. He has published several books on Mediterranean history and edited volume 5 of the New Cambridge Medieval History as well as a book on The Mediterranean in History which has appeared in six languages. He has given lectures in many countries including Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, the U.S. , Japan, Israel and Egypt. His most influential book is Frederick II: a medieval emperor, first published in England in 1988 and reprinted many times in several Italian editions. He has been appointed Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana by the President of Italy in recognition of his writing on Italian history, especially Sicilian history, and he has also written about Spain, particularly the Balearic islands. He has shown an interest in the economic history of the Mediterranean, and in the meeting of the three Abrahamic faiths in the Mediterranean.
  • David Samuel Harvard Abulafia ist Professor für Mittelalterliche Geschichte an der Universität Cambridge und Mitglied („Fellow“) des Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge. Abulafia entstammt einer alten sephardischen Familie, die um 1492 von Spanien aus nach Galiläa umsiedelte und die dort seit vielen Generationen in Tiberias lebte. Seine Frau, Anna Sapir Abulafia, ist eine angesehene Historikerin für jüdisch-christliche Beziehungen. Abulafia erhielt seine Schulbildung auf der St. Paul's School und dem King's College in Cambridge. Er hat mehrere Bücher über mittelalterliche Geschichte publiziert und den 5. Band der New Cambridge Medieval History editiert. Sein Buch über die Geschichte des Mittelalters wurde in sechs Sprachen übersetzt, u.a. in das Deutsche. Er hielt Vorlesungen in verschiedenen Ländern, z. B. in Italien, Spanien, Portugal, Frankreich, den USA, Japan, Israel, Ägypten und in Deutschland. Sein bedeutendstes Buch ist Frederick II: a medieval emperor, das auch in deutscher und italienischer Übersetzung erschienen ist, aber teils eher kritisch betrachtet wird. Er wurde in Anerkennung seiner Werke über die italienische, besonders sizilianische, Geschichte vom italienischen Präsidenten zum Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana ernannt und hat über Spanien, speziell die Balearen geschrieben und sich mit der ökonomischen Geschichte des Mittelmeeres und der Begegnung der drei abrahamitischen Religionen im Mittelmeerraum beschäftigt.
  • David Samuel Harvard Abulafia je britský historik. Byl, do roku 2000, profesorem dějin středomoří na University of Cambridge .
  • È stato professore di Storia del Mediterraneo all'Università di Cambridge dal 2000, e Fellow del Gonville and Caius College sempre a Cambridge dal 1974. Abulafia appartiene ad un’antica famiglia ebrea sefardita che lasciò la Spagna nel 1492 per trasferirsi in Galilea, dove ha vissuto per secoli a Tiberiade. Peraltro la moglie Anna Sapir Abulafia è anch'essa una storica, e si è occupata delle relazioni cristiano – giudaiche. Abulafia ha pubblicato diversi libri sulla storia del Mediterraneo, ed il quinto volume della New Cambridge Medieval History. Al centro della sua attenzione soprattutto la storia economica e l'incontro nel Mediterraneo delle tre grandi fedi monoteistiche. Fra le sue opere più note il libro "Federico II: un imperatore medioevale", edito la prima volta in Inghilterra nel 1988, e che avuto svariate edizione in lingua italiana. Il Presidente della Repubblica lo ha nominato Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana, per i suoi scritti di storia italiana e della Sicilia in particolare.
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  • David Samuel Harvard Abulafia has been Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge since 2000 and a fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge since 1974. Abulafia comes from a very old Sephardic family that left Spain for Galilee around 1492 and lived for many generations in Tiberias. His wife Anna Sapir Abulafia is a noted historian of Jewish-Christian relations. He was educated at St. Paul's School and King's College, Cambridge.
  • David Samuel Harvard Abulafia ist Professor für Mittelalterliche Geschichte an der Universität Cambridge und Mitglied („Fellow“) des Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge. Abulafia entstammt einer alten sephardischen Familie, die um 1492 von Spanien aus nach Galiläa umsiedelte und die dort seit vielen Generationen in Tiberias lebte. Seine Frau, Anna Sapir Abulafia, ist eine angesehene Historikerin für jüdisch-christliche Beziehungen. Abulafia erhielt seine Schulbildung auf der St.
  • David Samuel Harvard Abulafia je britský historik. Byl, do roku 2000, profesorem dějin středomoří na University of Cambridge .
  • È stato professore di Storia del Mediterraneo all'Università di Cambridge dal 2000, e Fellow del Gonville and Caius College sempre a Cambridge dal 1974. Abulafia appartiene ad un’antica famiglia ebrea sefardita che lasciò la Spagna nel 1492 per trasferirsi in Galilea, dove ha vissuto per secoli a Tiberiade. Peraltro la moglie Anna Sapir Abulafia è anch'essa una storica, e si è occupata delle relazioni cristiano – giudaiche.
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