| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 348 pages) : illustrations. |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Advances in the study of Islam |
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Advances in the study of Islam.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The period of Arabo-Islamic domination of parts of Sicily, and the consequent large Muslim presence on the island from 800 to the mid-13th century constitutes a crucial epoch whose influence remains an integral part of the island's architectural and cultural landscape. This volume builds on existing scholarship and goes beyond the 'Arabo-Norman' construct to afford greater recognition to the island's Arabic and Islamic history. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the chapters examine Sicily's mercantile, artistic and architectural links to the Muslim world, including the subjects of the Fāṭimids of Ifrīqiya and their Kalbid allies in Sicily. It also reflects upon the Arabo-Islamic philosophical legacy at the court of Frederick II, Muslim accounts of medieval Sicily, Fāṭimid influence on the arts, women's textile production, discussions of linguistics and literature, and various other aspects of Sicily's diverse cultural and religious life during this period. |
| Contents |
Sicily's Islamic heritage : a pervasive culture / Nuha Alshaar -- Sociocultural links between Sicily and Ifrīqiya in the Middle Ages / Mohamed Hassan -- The Kalbids of Sicily : stalwarts of Fāṭimid Ifrīqiya / Shainool Jiwa -- From Averroes to Dante : a Mediterranean encounter between philosophy and religion / Massimo Campanini -- Two examples of Arabic texts in sicily : between linguistics and philosophy / Patrizia Spallino -- Psychological and epistemological concepts in Ibn Sabʻīn's al-Masāʼil al-Ṣiqilliyya (the Sicilian questions) / Beate Ulrike La Sala -- Common threads : women and the making of Fāṭimid and Norman textiles / Delia Cortese -- Architectural and numismatic traces of Arabic cultural exchange between Sicily and greater Syria / Ammar Abdulrahman and Alaa Aldin, al Chomari -- On the artistic culture of Medieval Sicily / William Tronzo -- Intellectual and poetic traditions of Sicily during the Fāṭimid and Kalbid rules / Nuha Alshaar -- Arabic-Muslim accounts of Medieval Sicily and the Qurʼan : an intertextual reading / Nesma Mohamed Taher Mostafa Elsakaan -- Consequences of the Reconquista in greater Sicily for the core vocabulary of Maltese / Geoffrey Hull -- Three Worlds in one island (Muslims, Jews, and Christians) / Giovanna Summerfield. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Muslims -- Italy -- Sicily -- History -- To 1500.
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Sicily (Italy) -- History -- 800-1016.
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Sicily (Italy) -- Civilization -- Islamic influences.
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RELIGION / Islam / History.
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| Added Author |
Alshaar, Nuha, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Muslim Sicily. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2024] 1399536818 (OCoLC)1425940225 |
| ISBN |
9781399536837 (electronic book) |
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1399536834 (electronic book) |
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