L’hégémonie politique et économique comme cadre de diffusion des techniques de construction au Moyen Age: la Corse entre Toscane et Ligurie du XIe au XIVe s.

Abstract

Medieval Corsica is an area where few major architectural constructions have been developing. Nevertheless thanks to its geographical position as well as to the overwhelming political context, it does possess an undeniable importance if we focus on such issues as trade and the transfers of the know-how. Indeed the construction, from the 11^th under the control of the archbishop of Pisa, of a considerable network of building devoted to worship, leads to the introduction and consequently to the spread of technical processes engineered in the most renowned building sites on the mainland and more particularly in Tuscany. Corsica is thus experiencing a complete architectural rebirth.