The Muslims of medieval Italy
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The Muslims of medieval Italy
（The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys）
Edinburgh University Press, c2009
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Includes index
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This significant new work focuses on the formation and fragmentation of an Arab-Muslim state and its society in Sicily and south Italy between 800 and 1300, which led to the formation of an enduring Muslim--Christian frontier during the age of the Crusades. It examines the long- and short-term impact of Muslim authority in regions that were to fall into the hands of European rulers, and explains how and why Muslim and Norman conquests imported radically different dynamics to the central Mediterranean. On the island of Sicily, a majority Muslim population came to be ruled by Christian kings who adopted and adapted political ideologies from Mediterranean regimes, while absorbing cultural influences from the diverse peoples over whom they reigned. This work provides an engaging, expert and wide-ranging introduction to the subject, and offers fresh, clear insights into the evolution of both Europe and the Islamic world. Key Features *An authoritative new book in a field where very little has yet been written *Explores the formation of lasting Muslim-Christian frontiers in medieval Europe.
*Covers issues including Muslim-Christian relations, conquest, colonisation, conflict and acculturation, and the transmission and exchange of ideas from east to west *Suitable for a range of readers from the interested public and students to university researchers
Table of Contents
- 1. The Muslim Expansion into Sicily & the South Italian Peninsula
- 2. Sicily under the Fatimids
- 3. The Height of Islamic Sicily
- 4. The Later Kalbid Dynasty and the Sicilian taifa Period
- 5. The Norman Conquest of Muslim Sicily
- 6. Muslims under Early Norman Rule: Churches, Charters & Lordships
- 7. The Muslims in The Kingdom of Sicily
- 8. The Normans in Africa
- 9. The Muslim Massacres of the 1160s
- 10. Keeping the Faith: The Palace Eunuchs
- 11. Monreale and The Muslims
- 12. The Art of Leisure
- 13. Science, Power and Patronage
- 14. The Muslim Revolts and Colony of Lucera.
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