Sicily and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages
Title | Sicily and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages PDF eBook |
Author | Hiroshi Takayama |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 425 |
Release | 2019-03-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1351022288 |
This book is a collection of milestone articles of a leading scholar in the study of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, a crossroads of Latin-Christian, Greek-Byzantine, and Arab-Islamic cultures and one of the most fascinating but also one of the most neglected kingdoms in the medieval world. Some of his articles were published in influential journals such as English Historical Review, Viator, Mediterranean Historical Review, and Papers of the British School at Rome, while others appeared in hard-to-obtain festschrifts, proceedings of international conferences, and so on. The articles included here, based on analysis of Latin, Greek, and Arabic documents as well as multi-lingual parchments, explore subjects of interest in medieval Mediterranean world such as Norman administrations, multi-cultural courts, Christian-Muslim diplomacy, conquests and migrations, religious tolerance and conflicts, cross-cultural contacts, and so forth. Some of them dig deep into curious specific topics, while others settle disputes among scholars and correct our antiquated interpretations. His attention to the administrative structure of the kingdom of Sicily, whose bureaucracy was staffed by Greeks, Muslims and Latins, has been a particularly important part of his work, where he has engaged in major debates with other scholars in the field.
The Norman Kingdom of Sicily
Title | The Norman Kingdom of Sicily PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Matthew |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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.
Where Three Worlds Met
Title | Where Three Worlds Met PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Davis-Secord |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
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.
The Decline and Fall of Medieval Sicily
Title | The Decline and Fall of Medieval Sicily PDF eBook |
Author | Clifford R. Backman |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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).
Mediaeval Sicily
Title | Mediaeval Sicily PDF eBook |
Author | Cecilia Wærn |
Publisher | London, Duckworth |
Pages | 542 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Narrating Muslim Sicily
Title | Narrating Muslim Sicily PDF eBook |
Author | William Granara |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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.
Siculo-Norman Art: Islamic Culture in Medieval Sicily
Title | Siculo-Norman Art: Islamic Culture in Medieval Sicily PDF eBook |
Author | Nicola Giuliano Leone |
Publisher | Museum With No Frontiers, MWNF (Museum Ohne Grenzen) |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 2013-06-01 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 3902782056 |