| ISBN |
1878351664 (hbk.) |
| 9781878351661 (hbk.) |
| Author |
Cilento, Adele |
| Title |
Arabs and Normans in Sicily and the south of Italy / texts by Adele Cilento, Alessandro Vanoli ; [translation : Brian Eskenazi] |
| Publisher |
New York : Riverside Book Company, 2007 |
| Physical desc. |
309 p. ; col. ill., col. maps ; 33 cm. |
| Note |
First published in Italian: Arabi e normanni in Sicilia e nel sud dell’Italia (Udine : Magnus, 2007). |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 308). |
| Contents |
Muslim Sicily / Alessandro Vanoli. The Mediterranean in the ninth century and the arrival of Islamic rule -- The conquest -- From the Fatimids to the Kalabids -- Sicily and the expanse of the Islamic Mediterranean -- The society of Muslim Sicily -- Power and military organization -- Muslim Sicily and other cultures -- Arab culture and science in Sicily -- The memory of Muslim Sicily -- Norman Sicily / Adele Cilento. The peoples of the north in the ninth and tenth centuries: from Scandinavia to Italy -- The men of the bays and fjords -- Seamen and merchants, farmers and warriors -- The discovery of new lands -- From Normandy to the south of Italy -- Knights in conquest of the south -- From mercenaries to princes: the beginnings -- The stages of the conquest: Apulia, Campania, and Calabria -- Relations with the Church and the alliance with the Pope -- The conquest of Sicily and the rule of the great count -- Women and power -- Cathedrals, cities, and castles -- The kingdom of a thousand colors -- The reunification of the kingdom of Sicily -- The image of the sovereign -- A cosmopolitan and elegant court -- Styles: Nordic shapes, Arabic lines, Byzantine light -- Heirs and descendants -- The last Norman rulers -- The last radiance of an extraordinary artistic adventure. |
| Subject |
Arabs -- Italy -- Sicily -- History -- To 1500 |
| Arabs -- Italy, Southern -- History -- To 1500 |
| Normans -- Italy -- Sicily |
| Normans -- Italy, Southern |
| Art, Medieval -- Italy -- Sicily |
| Art, Medieval -- Italy, Southern |
| Architecture, Medieval -- Italy -- Sicily |
| Architecture, Medieval -- Italy, Southern |
| Islamic art -- Italy |
| Islamic architecture -- Italy |
| Art, Norman -- Italy |
| Architecture, Norman -- Italy |
| Architecture, Norman -- Arab influences |
| Sicily (Italy) -- Civilization -- Arab influences |
| Sicily (Italy) -- Civilization -- Byzantine influences |
| Sicily (Italy) -- History -- 800-1016 |
| Sicily (Italy) -- History -- 1016-1194 |
| Italy, Southern -- History -- 535-1268 |
| Added name(s) |
Vanoli, Alessandro |
| Eskenazi, Brian tr. |
