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Medieval Sicily, al-Andalus, and the Maghrib : writing in times of turmoil / Nicola Carpentieri, Carol Symes.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Medieval globePublisher: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (188 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781641893862
  • 1641893869
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Medieval Sicily, al-Andalus, and the Maghrib. Writing in times of turmoil.DDC classification:
  • 404.2 23
  • 940.1 23
LOC classification:
  • PN171.M93 M44 2020
  • D900
Online resources:
Contents:
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 Mun�a�zar�at in Times of Turmoil: Disputations in Fatimid Ifr�iqiya -- Messaging and Memory: Notes from Medieval Ifr�iqiya 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 Akhm�im 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
Summary: 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 phase in the layering of heterogeneous peoples and languages in this perennial contact zone: Arabs and Berbers, Christians and Jews, Sunni and Shii'a Muslims, Greeks and Latins all shaped shared and contested identities, hybrid genealogies of knowledge, and fragile but vital political alliances. Waves of migration and the movement of scholars and poets transmitted and expanded canonical and convergent literary forms while facilitating the rise of new vernaculars and the adoption of "foreign" cultural practices and themes. These essays excavate the complexities of the literary artefacts produced in these times of turmoil, offering new perspectives on the intellectual networks and traditions that proved instrumental in overcoming the often traumatic transitions among political and/or religious regimes.
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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 phase in the layering of heterogeneous peoples and languages in this perennial contact zone: Arabs and Berbers, Christians and Jews, Sunni and Shii'a Muslims, Greeks and Latins all shaped shared and contested identities, hybrid genealogies of knowledge, and fragile but vital political alliances. Waves of migration and the movement of scholars and poets transmitted and expanded canonical and convergent literary forms while facilitating the rise of new vernaculars and the adoption of "foreign" cultural practices and themes. These essays excavate the complexities of the literary artefacts produced in these times of turmoil, offering new perspectives on the intellectual networks and traditions that proved instrumental in overcoming the often traumatic transitions among political and/or religious regimes.

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 Mun�a�zar�at in Times of Turmoil: Disputations in Fatimid Ifr�iqiya -- Messaging and Memory: Notes from Medieval Ifr�iqiya 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 Akhm�im 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

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Bibliography-How Does a Moorish Prince Become a Roman Caesar? Fictions and Forgeries, Emperors and others from the Spanish "Flores" ...-Territorial Settings and Ethno-Linguistic Origins-Religious Conversion and Political Destiny-Emperor Flores and His Legacy: Roman Hispania Answers the Morisco Question-Bibliography-Back matter-Index

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