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Author | : Sarah Davis-Secord |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2017-06-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1501712586 |
In Where Three Worlds Met, Sarah Davis-Secord investigates Sicily's place within the religious, diplomatic, military, commercial, and intellectual networks of the Mediterranean by tracing the patterns of travel, trade, and communication among Christians (Latin and Greek), Muslims, and Jews. By looking at the island across this long expanse of time and during the periods of transition from one dominant culture to another, Davis-Secord uncovers the patterns that defined and redefined the broader Muslim-Christian encounter in the Middle Ages.
Author | : Jeremy Johns |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2005-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780333396254 |
Author | : William Granara |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2019-06-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1786736136 |
In 902 the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily fell, and the island would remain under Muslim control until the arrival of the Normans in the eleventh century. Drawing on a lifetime of translating and linguistic experience, William Granara here focuses on the various ways in which medieval Arab historians, geographers, jurists and philologists imagined and articulated their ever-changing identities in this turbulent period. All of these authors sought to make sense of the island's dramatic twists, including conquest and struggles over political sovereignty, and the painful decline of social and cultural life. Writing about Siqilliya involved drawing from memory, conjecture and then-current theories of why nations and people rose and fell. In so doing, Granara considers and translates, often for the first time, a vast range of primary sources - from the master chronicles of Ibn al-Athir and Ibn Khadun to biographical dictionaries, geographical works, legal treatises and poetry - and modern scholarship not available in English. He charts the shift from Sicily as 'warrior outpost' to vital and productive hub that would transform the medieval Islamic world, and indeed the entire Mediterranean.
Author | : Donald Matthew |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 1992-07-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521269117 |
This book is an introductory account of the kingdom of Sicily established in 1130 by Roger II, a 'Norman' king, and ruled by Roger, his own son and grandsons until 1194 when the kingdom was conquered by his son-in-law, Henry VI of Hohenstaufen. The period covered does, however, extend from Charles of Anjou, a period roughly as long and as coherent as the 'Norman' monarchy of England between 1066 and 1204. Roger II's difficulties in creating an enduring kingdom needed continuous military effort. Even when these efforts were no longer required, the monarchy had still to learn how to function in lands where traditions of local government were strong. Yet when the monarchy itself faltered, the kingdom did not fall apart. Frederick II, the grandson of Roger II, showed that it could be revived and that his sons could maintain it. The ways in which the monarchy made itself indispensable cannot be traced in detail, but pointers to its success can be seen. The kingdom did not spring full-armed at birth - it took time and experience to hammer it into shape. When at last it looked capable of assuming the leadership of all Italy, its enemies combined to prevent it from doing so with the most profound consequences for Italy, the papacy and the west.
Author | : Angelo Castrorao Barba |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2023-07-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1803275464 |
Presents the results of the main ongoing archaeological and historical research focusing on medieval suburbia and rural sites in Sicily. The volume is divided into thematic areas: Urbanscapes, suburbia, hinterlands; Inland and mountainous landscapes; Changes in rural settlement patterns; and Defence and control of the territory.
Author | : Luigi Andrea Berto |
Publisher | : Studies in Medieval History and Culture |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2019-12-03 |
Genre | : Cultural pluralism |
ISBN | : 9780367414726 |
In the early Middle Ages, Italy became the target of Muslim expansionist campaigns. The Muslims conquered Sicily, ruling there for more than two centuries, and conducted many raids against the Italian Peninsula. During this period, however, Christians and Muslims were not always at war - trade flourished, and travel to the territories of the 'other' was not uncommon. By examining how Muslims and Christians perceived each other and how they communicated, this book brings the relationship between Muslims and Christians in early medieval Italy into clearer focus, showing that the followers of the Cross and those of the Crescent were in reality not as ignorant of one another as is commonly believed.
Author | : Luigi Andrea Berto |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2023-07-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1000896234 |
In the early Middle Ages (ninth to eleventh centuries), Italy became the target of Muslim campaigns. The Muslims conquered Sicily, ruled her for more than two centuries, and conducted many raids against the Italian Peninsula. During that period, however, Christians and Muslims did not always fight each other. Indeed, sometimes they traded with the ‘other’ and visited the lands of the ‘other’. By presenting the annotated English translation of the early medieval primary sources about how Muslims and Christians perceived each other, the circulation of news about them, and their knowledge of their opponents, this book aims to clarify the relationship between Muslims and Christians in early medieval Italy. Moreover, it proves that in that period the faithful of the Cross and those of the Crescent were not so ignorant of one another as is commonly believed. Christians and Muslims in Early Medieval Italy: A Sourcebook is the ideal resource for upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars interested in the relationships between Christians and Muslims in medieval Italy and the Mediterranean.
Author | : Moses I. Finley |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Sicily (Italy) |
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Author | : Henry Barbera |
Publisher | : Brooklyn, N.Y. ; Ottawa : Legas |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
An entertaining account of the eventful period that goes from the Norman conquests of Sicily to the death of Frederick II, focussing on the political, military and social factors that contributed to the establishment of the first absolute state. A must for lovers of Sicilian history.
Author | : Clifford R. Backman |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2002-08-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521521819 |
This 1995 book is a detailed study of Sicilian life and economy in the 'transitional' reign of Frederick III (1296-1337).