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Author Metcalfe, A. (Alex)

Title The Muslims of medieval Italy / Alex Metcalfe.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2009]
©2009

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  945.03 M588M    Check Shelf
Description xv, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Series The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys
New Edinburgh Islamic surveys.
Bibliography 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.
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.
Subject Muslims -- Italy -- History -- To 1500.
Muslims -- Italy -- Sicily -- History -- To 1500.
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity.
Christianity and other religions -- Islam.
Italy -- History -- 476-1268.
Sicily (Italy) -- History -- 800-1016.
Christianity. (OCoLC)fst00859599
Interfaith relations. (OCoLC)fst01353343
Islam. (OCoLC)fst00979776
Muslims. (OCoLC)fst01031029
Italy. (OCoLC)fst01204565
Italy -- Sicily. (OCoLC)fst01204499
Islam. (DE-588)4027743-4
Italien -- Süd. (DE-588)4072965-5
Italien. (DE-588)4027833-5
Sizilien. (DE-588)4055193-3
Chronological Term To 1500
Geschichte 800-1300
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780748620074 (hardback)
0748620079 (hardback)
0748620087 (paperback)
9780748620081 (paperback)
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