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The Muslims of medieval Italy
- Title
- The Muslims of medieval Italy / Alex Metcalfe.
- Author
- Metcalfe, A. (Alex)
- Publication
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2009.
- Supplementary Content
- Table of contents
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Details
- Description
- xv, 314 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This significant new work focuses on the formation and disintegration of Arab-Muslim rule and society in Sicily and south Italy between 800 and 1300 which led to the creation of an enduring Muslim-Christian frontier during the age of the Crusades. It examines the long and short-term impact of Islamic authority and culture on these regions and how they later fell into the hands of European rulers, explaining how the Norman conquest of Sicily came to import radically different dynamics to the central Mediterranean. The change of ruling elites left a majority Muslim population under Christian rule, but the Sicilian kings also adopted and adapted political ideologies from south Mediterranean regimes while absorbing cultural influences from the diverse peoples over whom they ruled. This work provides an engaging, expert and wide-ranging introduction to the subject and offers fresh and clear insights into the politico-religious, socio-economic and cultural evolution of Europe and the Islamic world. -- Back cover.
- Series Statement
- The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys
- Uniform Title
- New Edinburgh Islamic surveys.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Muslim expansion into the central Mediterranean -- The consolidation of Muslim authority in Sicily -- Fatimid rule in Sicily -- The civil war and Sicilian ṭā'ifa period -- The Norman conquest of Muslim Sicily -- Muslims under early Norman rule : churches, charters and lordships -- The Muslims in the kingdom of Sicily -- The Normans in Africa -- The Muslim massacres of the 1160s -- Eunuchs, familiars, collaborators and conspirators -- Monreale and the Muslims -- The art of leisure -- The science of power -- The Muslim revolts and the colony at Lucera.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-430
- ISBN
- 9780748620074 (hbk.)
- 0748620079 (hbk.)
- 0748620087 (pbk.)
- 9780748620081 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 320798850
- Author
- Metcalfe, A. (Alex)
- Title
- The Muslims of medieval Italy / Alex Metcalfe.
- Imprint
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2009.
- Series
- The new Edinburgh Islamic surveysNew Edinburgh Islamic surveys.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-430