Christians And Muslims In Early Medieval Italy

Author : Luigi Andrea Berto
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000896237

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Christians and Muslims in Early Medieval Italy by Luigi Andrea Berto Pdf

In the early Middle Ages (ninth to eleventh centuries), Italy became the target of Muslim campaigns. The Muslims conquered Sicily, ruled her for more than two centuries, and conducted many raids against the Italian Peninsula. During that period, however, Christians and Muslims did not always fight each other. Indeed, sometimes they traded with the ‘other’ and visited the lands of the ‘other’. By presenting the annotated English translation of the early medieval primary sources about how Muslims and Christians perceived each other, the circulation of news about them, and their knowledge of their opponents, this book aims to clarify the relationship between Muslims and Christians in early medieval Italy. Moreover, it proves that in that period the faithful of the Cross and those of the Crescent were not so ignorant of one another as is commonly believed. Christians and Muslims in Early Medieval Italy: A Sourcebook is the ideal resource for upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars interested in the relationships between Christians and Muslims in medieval Italy and the Mediterranean.

Author : Luigi Andrea Berto
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000767339

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Christians and Muslims in Early Medieval Italy by Luigi Andrea Berto Pdf

In the early Middle Ages, Italy became the target of Muslim expansionist campaigns. The Muslims conquered Sicily, ruling there for more than two centuries, and conducted many raids against the Italian Peninsula. During this period, however, Christians and Muslims were not always at war – trade flourished, and travel to the territories of the ‘other’ was not uncommon. By examining how Muslims and Christians perceived each other and how they communicated, this book brings the relationship between Muslims and Christians in early medieval Italy into clearer focus, showing that the followers of the Cross and those of the Crescent were in reality not as ignorant of one another as is commonly believed.

Author : Julie Taylor
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0739114840

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Muslims in Medieval Italy by Julie Taylor Pdf

Muslims in Medieval Italy: The Colony at Lucera is the history of a Muslim colony in the southern Italian city of Lucera during the Middle Ages. Author Julie Taylor draws on a vast array of primary sources, unpublished manuscripts, and archeological data to provide a detailed account of the lives of Muslims against the backdrop of the social and political complexities of medieval Lucera. Taylor's work illuminates the legal and social status of Muslims in Christendom and the contributions made by Muslims to the economy and defense of the kingdom of Sicily, and it also yields noteworthy insights into Muslim-Christian relations. Muslims in Medieval Italy is a thoroughly researched and absorbing account.

Author : Alex Metcalfe
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780748688432

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Muslims of Medieval Italy by Alex Metcalfe Pdf

A general historical introduction to the Muslims of Medieval Italy which presents specific information regarding social, religious, administrative, political, cultural, artistic and intellectual questions.

Author : Michael Frassetto
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498577571

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Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages by Michael Frassetto Pdf

The conflict and contact between Muslims and Christians in the Middle Ages is among the most important but least appreciated developments of the period from the seventh to the fourteenth century. Michael Frassetto argues that the relationship between these two faiths during the Middle Ages was essential to the cultural and religious developments of Christianity and Islam—even as Christians and Muslims often found themselves engaged in violent conflict. Frassetto traces the history of those conflicts and argues that these holy wars helped create the identity that defined the essential characteristics of Christians and Muslims. The polemic works that often accompanied these holy wars was important, Frassetto contends, because by defining the essential evil of the enemy, Christian authors were also defining their own beliefs and practices. Holy war was not the only defining element of the relationship between Christians and Muslims during the Middle Ages, and Frassetto explains that everyday contacts between Christian and Muslim leaders and scholars generated more peaceful relations and shaped the literary, intellectual, and religious culture that defined medieval and even modern Christianity and Islam.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780198777601

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Author : Luigi Andrea Berto
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000514537

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The ‘Other’, Identity, and Memory in Early Medieval Italy by Luigi Andrea Berto Pdf

The political fragmentation of Italy—created by Charlemagne’s conquest of a part of the Lombard Kingdom in 774 and the weakening of the Byzantine Empire in the eighth and ninth centuries—, the conquest of Sicily by the Muslims in the ninth century, and the Norman ‘conquest’ of southern Italy in the second half of the eleventh century favored the creation of areas inhabited by persons with different ethnic, religious, and cultural background. Moreover, this period witnessed the increase in production of historical writing in different parts of Italy. Taking advantage of these features, this volume presents some case studies about the manner in which ‘others’ were perceived, what was known about them, the role of identity, and the use of the past in early medieval Italy (ninth–eleventh centuries) focusing in particular on how early medieval Italian authors portrayed that period and were, sometimes, influenced by their own ‘present’ in their reconstruction of the past. The book will appeal to scholars and students of otherness, identity, and memory in early medieval Italy, as well as all those interested in medieval Europe.

Author : Daniel E. Bornstein
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781451405774

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Medieval Christianity by Daniel E. Bornstein Pdf

Author : Sarah Davis-Secord
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501712586

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Where Three Worlds Met by Sarah Davis-Secord Pdf

In Where Three Worlds Met, Sarah Davis-Secord investigates Sicily's place within the religious, diplomatic, military, commercial, and intellectual networks of the Mediterranean by tracing the patterns of travel, trade, and communication among Christians (Latin and Greek), Muslims, and Jews. By looking at the island across this long expanse of time and during the periods of transition from one dominant culture to another, Davis-Secord uncovers the patterns that defined and redefined the broader Muslim-Christian encounter in the Middle Ages.

Author : David Abulafia
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191588822

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Italy in the Central Middle Ages by David Abulafia Pdf

The eleventh to the early fourteenth centuries saw a great transformation in the political, cultural and economic life of the Italian peninsula, marked by the rise of the autonomous city-states in the north and centre, the expansion of international trade, and the creation of a wealthy southern kingdom which reached the peak of its power in this period, before fragmenting in two in the late thirteenth century. It was also the period in which the various dialects that we now call the Italian language came into being, and in which Tuscan in particular became the vehicle for impressive literary innovation. Presenting a rounded view of Italy at a time when it was the most dynamic region in western Europe, this book looks at Italy in its entirety, rather than concentrating largely on the north, as previous studies have done. It also includes expert coverage of topics such as the family and the Jewish, Greek, and Muslim minority communities, in addition to its coverage of developments in the cities, rural life, trade, the monarchy, papal Italy, and language and culture.

Author : Scott G. Bruce
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501700910

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Cluny and the Muslims of La Garde-Freinet by Scott G. Bruce Pdf

In the summer of 972 a group of Muslim brigands based in the south of France near La Garde-Freinet abducted the abbot of Cluny as he and his entourage crossed the Alps en route from Rome to Burgundy. Ultimately, the abbot was set free, but the audacity of this abduction outraged Christian leaders and galvanized the will of local lords. Shortly thereafter, Count William of Arles marshaled an army and succeeded in wiping out the Muslim stronghold. The monks of Cluny kept this tale alive over the next century. Scott G. Bruce explores the telling and retelling of this story, focusing on the representation of Islam in each account and how that representation changed over time. The culminating figure in this study is Peter the Venerable, one of Europe's leading intellectuals and abbot of Cluny from 1122 to 1156, who commissioned Latin translations of Muslim texts such as the Qur'an. Cluny and the Muslims of La Garde-Freinet provides us with an unparalleled opportunity to examine Christian perceptions of Islam in the Crusading era.

Author : Luigi Andrea Berto
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000549898

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Ethnic Identity, Memory, and Use of the Past in Italy’s ‘Dark Ages’ by Luigi Andrea Berto Pdf

This volume examines the Italian peninsula in the early Middle Ages by focusing on research fields such as ethnic identity, memory, and use of the past. Particular attention is devoted to the way some authors were influenced by their own ‘present’ in their reconstruction of the past. The political and cultural fragmentation of Italy during the early Middles Ages, created by the Lombards’ invasion of a part of the Peninsula in the late-sixth century and early-seventh century, Charlemagne’s conquest of a part of the Lombard Kingdom in 774, and by the weakening of the Byzantine Empire in the eighth and ninth centuries, make this part of Europe a special area for exploring continuities and discontinuities between the Roman and the post-Roman periods in Western Europe. Across the volume, Berto examines the problems that the features of primary sources and their scarcity pose to their interpretations. Ethnic Identity, Memory, and Use of the Past in Italy’s ‘Dark Ages’ is the ideal resource for upper level undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars interested in the relationship between Italy and Europe during the Middle Ages.

Author : Nora Berend
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521651851

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At the Gate of Christendom by Nora Berend Pdf

A study of the status of Jews, Muslims and pagan Turkic nomads in medieval Hungary.

Author : David Abulafia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199247035

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Italy in the Central Middle Ages 1000-1300 by David Abulafia Pdf

Incorporating the latest developments in the study of the period, a team of leading international scholars provides a fresh and dynamic picture of a period of great transformation in the political, cultural, and economic life of the Italian peninsula, which witnessed the rise of autonomous city states in the north, the creation of a powerful kingdom in the south, and the development of the Italian language as a vehicle for literary expression.

Author : Brian A. Catlos
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521889391

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Muslims of Medieval Latin Christendom, c.1050–1614 by Brian A. Catlos Pdf

An innovative study which explores how the presence of Muslim communities transformed Europe and stimulated Christian society to define itself.