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The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250 : a literary history /

When Muslim invaders conquered Sicily in the ninth century, they took control of a weakened Greek state in cultural decadence. When, two centuries later, the Normans seized control of the island, they found a Muslim state just entering its cultural prime. Rather than replace the practices and idioms...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mallette, Karla (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2005.
Colección:Middle Ages series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Toward a literary history of the Kingdom of Sicily
  • An archeology of the Sicilian park
  • Frederick II and the Genesis of a Sicilian romance culture
  • Rereading Le Origini: Sivilian romance poetry and the language of natural philosophy
  • Beyond Le Origini: Sicilian romance poetry in a feminine voice
  • Vernacularity and Sicilian culture
  • "In youth, the soul attains its desire" (from the Siqilliyyat) / Ibn Hamdis
  • "Because of long-lasting grief" (from the Siqilliyyat) / Ibn Hamdis
  • "Oh, garden of love" / Ibn Hamdis
  • "You tortured me with the two elements" / Ibn Hamdis
  • "Oh, blonde tribe, my blood is on your hands" / Abu Musa
  • "My tears expose my love" / Abu Musa
  • "Oh, Favara of the two seas!" / Al-Atrabanishi
  • "Pass round the golden carnelian-red [wine]" / Al-Buthayri and Ibn Bashrun
  • "The radiant moon has been extinguished" / Abu al-Dawʼ
  • "He sought solace" / Abu Hafs
  • Introduction to al-Idrisi's Geography
  • The Travels of Ibn Jubayr
  • The daughter of Ibn ʻAbbad and Frederick II
  • Henricus Aristippis's preface to his translation of Plato's Phaedo, ca. 1156
  • Preface to a translation of Ptolemy's Almagest / by an unknown translator, ca. 1160
  • On the death of William and the arrival of the Germans / Hugo Falcandus
  • Lament on the death of William II / Peter of Eboli
  • Hunting with birds / Frederick II
  • Frederick II and Lucera
  • Innocent IV excommunicates Frederick
  • The destruction of Lucera
  • Introduction to the Book of Sydrac
  • "Maravigliosamente" / Giacomo da Lentini
  • "Armor non vole" / Giacomo da Lentini
  • "Or come pote sí gran donna intrare" / Giacomo da Lentini
  • "A l'aire claro ò vista ploggia dare" / Giacomo da Lentini
  • "Dolze meo drudo" / Frederick II
  • "Sei anni ò travagliato" / Mazzeo di Ricco
  • "Già mai non mi conforto" / Rinaldo d'Aquino
  • "Ancor che l'aigua per lo foco lassi" / Guido delle Colonne
  • "Oi lassa 'namorata" / Anonymous.