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Medieval Sicily, al-Andalus, and the Maghrib : writing in times of turmoil /

This volume explores a millennium of multilingual literary exchanges among the peoples of Sicily, the Iberian Peninsula, and North Africa: the Maghrib, or westernmost strongholds of medieval Islam. Beginning in the seventh century, Muslim expansion into the western Mediterranean initiated a new phas...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Carpentieri, Nicola, Symes, Carol
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2020.
Colección:Medieval globe.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Indiculus luminosus and the Creation of a Ninth-​Century Prophetic Conflict between Christianity and Islam
  • Empire and Caliphate in the Life of John of Gorze
  • The Writing of Munāẓarāt in Times of Turmoil: Disputations in Fatimid Ifrīqiya
  • Messaging and Memory: Notes from Medieval Ifrīqiya and Sicily
  • "And God Dispersed Their Unity": Historiographical Patterns in Recounting the End of Muslim Rule in Sicily and al-​Andalus
  • A Wondrous Past, a Dangerous Present: The Egyptian Temple of Akhmīm and the Martorana Church in Palermo, as Seen through Ibn Jubayr's Travelogue
  • How Does a Moorish Prince Become a Roman Caesar? Fictions and Forgeries, Emperors and Others from the Spanish "Flores" Romances to the Lead Books of Granada