Muslims and Christians in Norman Sicily : Arabic speakers and the end of Islam / / Alex Metcalfe |
Autore | Metcalfe A (Alex) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (619 p.) |
Disciplina | 945/.803 |
Collana | Culture and Civilization in the Middle East |
Soggetto topico |
Muslims - Italy - Sicily - History
Islam - Italy - Sicily - History Christianity - Italy - Sicily - History Christianity and other religions - Italy - Sicily - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-415-61644-1
1-315-82256-3 1-317-82924-7 1-317-82925-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Culture and Civilization in the Middle East; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Transliteration schemes; Map of Sicily; Introduction; 1 Sicily before 1100; Popular perceptions and issues; Early invasions and settlement; Romanization and the 'Siculi trilingues'; The situation at the end of the Byzantine period; The Islamic period (827-1061); The Sicilian 'thema' and responses to raids; Phases of the Islamic conquest of Sicily; Demographic patterns: the Christian exodus?; Conversion, assimilation and degrees of Christian-ness
The Islamicization of SicilyRometta; The social and linguistic situation at the end of the Islamic period; The 'Norman conquest' of Sicily?; Events of the conquest; The 'Greeks' and Muslims of Troina; The Sicilian Muslim communities around 1090; 2 The Muslim Community: Language, Religion and Status; Introduction to the issues; Messina and Agrigento: Christians and Muslims; The new rulers and the status quo; Life under 'indirect rule': the fiscal, legal and religious status of Sicilian Muslims; Ibn Ǧubayr's 'Rihḷa' as a historical source; Muslim administrators and Arab-Islamic traditions The Muslims, the Sicilian kings and the Trinacria toposThe 'palace Saracens' and religious ambiguity; The trial and execution of Philip of Mahdiyya; Arabic, Islam and taqiya; The convert Ibn Zur'a; 3 'Normans', 'Lombards', 'Greeks', 'Arabs', 'Berbers' and Jews; Introduction; Twelfth-century terms of reference; The 'ethnicity' question; North African contingents; The Berber question; A model for Berber settlement and dialects?; Introduction to the Sicilian 'Greeks' and Jewish communities; 4 At the margins of the Arabic-speaking communities Defining the margins of the Arabic-speaking communitiesDemographic mobility: the villeins around Cefalù; Naming and identity; Signs of social integration among villeins: Catania and Aci in 1095; Arabic and Greek names from Nicótera in 1093; Patti: 'Saracens', 'Greeks', and 'men of the Latin tongue'; The extent of local variation: an early register from western Sicily; Onomastic data as evidence for social change; Abandoning Arabic names: the Christians of Collesano; Assessing names of mixed origin; Non-Arabic names from the Monreale villeins in 1178; The Christians of Corleone Distinguishing between Muslims and Arabic-speaking Christians5 Communication around the royal palaces and Arabic as a language of the ruling elite; The Sicilian kings through the eyes of Muslim authors; The collapse of Arab-Muslim intellectual activity; The Sicilian kings, their languages and education; The Sicilian translation movement: from Greek and Arabic into Latin; Arabic-speakers among the ruling elite: the 'palace Saracens'; The Mustakhlif in the royal palace; Arabic-speaking ancillary staff in the royal palaces Re-animating the tradition? The reputed language interests of Frederick II |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453612103321 |
Metcalfe A (Alex) | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Muslims and Christians in Norman Sicily : Arabic speakers and the end of Islam / / Alex Metcalfe |
Autore | Metcalfe A (Alex) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (619 p.) |
Disciplina | 945/.803 |
Collana | Culture and Civilization in the Middle East |
Soggetto topico |
Muslims - Italy - Sicily - History
Islam - Italy - Sicily - History Christianity - Italy - Sicily - History Christianity and other religions - Italy - Sicily - History |
ISBN |
0-415-61644-1
1-315-82256-3 1-317-82924-7 1-317-82925-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Culture and Civilization in the Middle East; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Transliteration schemes; Map of Sicily; Introduction; 1 Sicily before 1100; Popular perceptions and issues; Early invasions and settlement; Romanization and the 'Siculi trilingues'; The situation at the end of the Byzantine period; The Islamic period (827-1061); The Sicilian 'thema' and responses to raids; Phases of the Islamic conquest of Sicily; Demographic patterns: the Christian exodus?; Conversion, assimilation and degrees of Christian-ness
The Islamicization of SicilyRometta; The social and linguistic situation at the end of the Islamic period; The 'Norman conquest' of Sicily?; Events of the conquest; The 'Greeks' and Muslims of Troina; The Sicilian Muslim communities around 1090; 2 The Muslim Community: Language, Religion and Status; Introduction to the issues; Messina and Agrigento: Christians and Muslims; The new rulers and the status quo; Life under 'indirect rule': the fiscal, legal and religious status of Sicilian Muslims; Ibn Ǧubayr's 'Rihḷa' as a historical source; Muslim administrators and Arab-Islamic traditions The Muslims, the Sicilian kings and the Trinacria toposThe 'palace Saracens' and religious ambiguity; The trial and execution of Philip of Mahdiyya; Arabic, Islam and taqiya; The convert Ibn Zur'a; 3 'Normans', 'Lombards', 'Greeks', 'Arabs', 'Berbers' and Jews; Introduction; Twelfth-century terms of reference; The 'ethnicity' question; North African contingents; The Berber question; A model for Berber settlement and dialects?; Introduction to the Sicilian 'Greeks' and Jewish communities; 4 At the margins of the Arabic-speaking communities Defining the margins of the Arabic-speaking communitiesDemographic mobility: the villeins around Cefalù; Naming and identity; Signs of social integration among villeins: Catania and Aci in 1095; Arabic and Greek names from Nicótera in 1093; Patti: 'Saracens', 'Greeks', and 'men of the Latin tongue'; The extent of local variation: an early register from western Sicily; Onomastic data as evidence for social change; Abandoning Arabic names: the Christians of Collesano; Assessing names of mixed origin; Non-Arabic names from the Monreale villeins in 1178; The Christians of Corleone Distinguishing between Muslims and Arabic-speaking Christians5 Communication around the royal palaces and Arabic as a language of the ruling elite; The Sicilian kings through the eyes of Muslim authors; The collapse of Arab-Muslim intellectual activity; The Sicilian kings, their languages and education; The Sicilian translation movement: from Greek and Arabic into Latin; Arabic-speakers among the ruling elite: the 'palace Saracens'; The Mustakhlif in the royal palace; Arabic-speaking ancillary staff in the royal palaces Re-animating the tradition? The reputed language interests of Frederick II |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791091503321 |
Metcalfe A (Alex) | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Muslims and Christians in Norman Sicily : Arabic speakers and the end of Islam / / Alex Metcalfe |
Autore | Metcalfe A (Alex) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (619 p.) |
Disciplina |
945/.803
945.804 |
Collana | Culture and Civilization in the Middle East |
Soggetto topico |
Muslims - Italy - Sicily - History
Islam - Italy - Sicily - History Christianity - Italy - Sicily - History Christianity and other religions - Italy - Sicily - History |
ISBN |
0-415-61644-1
1-315-82256-3 1-317-82924-7 1-317-82925-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Culture and Civilization in the Middle East; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Transliteration schemes; Map of Sicily; Introduction; 1 Sicily before 1100; Popular perceptions and issues; Early invasions and settlement; Romanization and the 'Siculi trilingues'; The situation at the end of the Byzantine period; The Islamic period (827-1061); The Sicilian 'thema' and responses to raids; Phases of the Islamic conquest of Sicily; Demographic patterns: the Christian exodus?; Conversion, assimilation and degrees of Christian-ness
The Islamicization of SicilyRometta; The social and linguistic situation at the end of the Islamic period; The 'Norman conquest' of Sicily?; Events of the conquest; The 'Greeks' and Muslims of Troina; The Sicilian Muslim communities around 1090; 2 The Muslim Community: Language, Religion and Status; Introduction to the issues; Messina and Agrigento: Christians and Muslims; The new rulers and the status quo; Life under 'indirect rule': the fiscal, legal and religious status of Sicilian Muslims; Ibn Ǧubayr's 'Rihḷa' as a historical source; Muslim administrators and Arab-Islamic traditions The Muslims, the Sicilian kings and the Trinacria toposThe 'palace Saracens' and religious ambiguity; The trial and execution of Philip of Mahdiyya; Arabic, Islam and taqiya; The convert Ibn Zur'a; 3 'Normans', 'Lombards', 'Greeks', 'Arabs', 'Berbers' and Jews; Introduction; Twelfth-century terms of reference; The 'ethnicity' question; North African contingents; The Berber question; A model for Berber settlement and dialects?; Introduction to the Sicilian 'Greeks' and Jewish communities; 4 At the margins of the Arabic-speaking communities Defining the margins of the Arabic-speaking communitiesDemographic mobility: the villeins around Cefalù; Naming and identity; Signs of social integration among villeins: Catania and Aci in 1095; Arabic and Greek names from Nicótera in 1093; Patti: 'Saracens', 'Greeks', and 'men of the Latin tongue'; The extent of local variation: an early register from western Sicily; Onomastic data as evidence for social change; Abandoning Arabic names: the Christians of Collesano; Assessing names of mixed origin; Non-Arabic names from the Monreale villeins in 1178; The Christians of Corleone Distinguishing between Muslims and Arabic-speaking Christians5 Communication around the royal palaces and Arabic as a language of the ruling elite; The Sicilian kings through the eyes of Muslim authors; The collapse of Arab-Muslim intellectual activity; The Sicilian kings, their languages and education; The Sicilian translation movement: from Greek and Arabic into Latin; Arabic-speakers among the ruling elite: the 'palace Saracens'; The Mustakhlif in the royal palace; Arabic-speaking ancillary staff in the royal palaces Re-animating the tradition? The reputed language interests of Frederick II |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807278803321 |
Metcalfe A (Alex) | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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