Palermo City Of Kings

Author : Jeremy Dummett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780857737168

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Palermo, City of Kings by Jeremy Dummett Pdf

Palermo – the capital of Sicily – is a destination with a difference. The city is a treasure trove of original monuments and works of art, combined with architecture of grand proportions. Yet it also has a grittier side, shown by the continuing influence of the mafia. Jeremy Dummett here provides a concise overview of Palermo's long history, together with a survey of its most important monuments and sites. He looks at the influences of the city's various ancient rulers – the Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs and Normans – as well as its more recent incarnation as part of the Italian state. In addition to being an essential companion for visitors to Palermo, this book can be equally enjoyed as a standalone history of the city and its place at the heart of Sicily

Author : Jeremy Dummett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781786739742

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Palermo, City of Kings by Jeremy Dummett Pdf

Palermo - the capital of Sicily - is a destination with a difference. The city is a treasure trove of original monuments and works of art, combined with architecture of grand proportions. Yet it also has a grittier side, shown by the continuing influence of the mafia. Jeremy Dummett here provides a concise overview of Palermo's eventful history, together with a survey of its most important monuments and sites. He looks at the influences of the city's various ancient rulers - the Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs and Normans - as well as its more recent incarnation as part of the Italian state. In addition to being an essential companion for visitors to Palermo, this book can be equally enjoyed as a standalone history of the city and its place at the heart of Sicily.

Author : Brian A. Catlos
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780374712051

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Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors by Brian A. Catlos Pdf

An in-depth portrait of the Crusades-era Mediterranean world, and a new understanding of the forces that shaped it In Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors, the award-winning scholar Brian Catlos puts us on the ground in the Mediterranean world of 1050–1200. We experience the sights and sounds of the region just as enlightened Islamic empires and primitive Christendom began to contest it. We learn about the siege tactics, theological disputes, and poetry of this enthralling time. And we see that people of different faiths coexisted far more frequently than we are commonly told. Catlos's meticulous reconstruction of the era allows him to stunningly overturn our most basic assumption about it: that it was defined by religious extremism. He brings to light many figures who were accepted as rulers by their ostensible foes. Samuel B. Naghrilla, a self-proclaimed Jewish messiah, became the force behind Muslim Granada. Bahram Pahlavuni, an Armenian Christian, wielded power in an Islamic caliphate. And Philip of Mahdia, a Muslim eunuch, rose to admiral in the service of Roger II, the Christian "King of Africa." What their lives reveal is that, then as now, politics were driven by a mix of self-interest, personality, and ideology. Catlos draws a similar lesson from his stirring chapters on the early Crusades, arguing that the notions of crusade and jihad were not causes of war but justifications. He imparts a crucial insight: the violence of the past cannot be blamed primarily on religion.

Author : Joshua C. Birk
Publisher : Springer
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319470429

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Norman Kings of Sicily and the Rise of the Anti-Islamic Critique by Joshua C. Birk Pdf

This book is an investigative study of Christian and Islamic relations in the kingdom of Sicily during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. It has three objectives. First, it establishes how and why the Norman rulers of Sicily, all of whom were Christians, incorporated Muslim soldiers, farmers, scholars, and bureaucrats into the formation of their own royal identities and came to depend on their Muslim subjects to project and enforce their political power. Second, it examines how the Islamic influence within the Sicilian court drew little scrutiny, and even less criticism, from intellectuals in the wider world of Latin Christendom during the time period. Finally, it contextualizes and explains the eventual emergence of Christian popular violence against Muslims in Sicily in the latter half of the twelfth century and the evolution of a wider discourse of anti-Islamic sentiment throughout Western Europe.

Author : Hiroshi Takayama
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351022286

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Sicily and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages by Hiroshi Takayama Pdf

This book is a collection of milestone articles of a leading scholar in the study of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, a crossroads of Latin-Christian, Greek-Byzantine, and Arab-Islamic cultures and one of the most fascinating but also one of the most neglected kingdoms in the medieval world. Some of his articles were published in influential journals such as English Historical Review, Viator, Mediterranean Historical Review, and Papers of the British School at Rome, while others appeared in hard-to-obtain festschrifts, proceedings of international conferences, and so on. The articles included here, based on analysis of Latin, Greek, and Arabic documents as well as multi-lingual parchments, explore subjects of interest in medieval Mediterranean world such as Norman administrations, multi-cultural courts, Christian-Muslim diplomacy, conquests and migrations, religious tolerance and conflicts, cross-cultural contacts, and so forth. Some of them dig deep into curious specific topics, while others settle disputes among scholars and correct our antiquated interpretations. His attention to the administrative structure of the kingdom of Sicily, whose bureaucracy was staffed by Greeks, Muslims and Latins, has been a particularly important part of his work, where he has engaged in major debates with other scholars in the field.

Author : Aldo Gelso
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781462821754

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Events in Sicily by Aldo Gelso Pdf

Visiting Sicily is stepping on a piece of real estate set by nature in the most desirable part of the Mediterranean Sea. During the frequent days of clear sky, the entire island of Sicily, the white Mount Etna, the mosaics of the Villa Romana, in Piazza Armerina, are among the oldest and most beautiful ancient mosaics in the world. Sicilian arts can be admired in the cathedrals of Montreal, Cefalu, Palermo, and Catania, among many other cities. The various castles of the Ventimiglia in a number of Sicilian towns, and particularly the sumptuous Castle of Castelbuono and the Castle of Enna, the picturesque castle of Pietraperzia, to name a few, are among the most outstanding works of architecture in the world. In each town and locality of Sicily are reminders of history, masterpieces of arts, and beauty of nature. Some towns have as many as a dozen of churches built during various periods, by Sicilians known throughout the world as Italians. In Petralia Soprana, my ancestors’ town, is the Church of Saint Peter and Paul, where, among other magnificent religious arts, is located the first exceptionally admirable wooden crucifix sculpted by the their native sculptor, Gian Francesco Pintorno, also known as Frate Umile. The church was found on the fourteenth century and contains archives with documents dated since its foundation. Thanks to the archpriest Don Calogero la Placa, I found there documents of my ancestors back to the year 1570. Churches like the Saint Peter and Paul of Petralia Soprana are awaiting to be discovered by the world’s tourists in most small and big towns of Sicily; and so are innumerable masterpieces of Sicilian archeology, architectures, arts, literature, folklore, and not to be forgotten, there awaiting are the hospitality and cuisine of the Sicilian people.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1052 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435028608602

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The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas Spencer Baynes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UCD:31175029162479

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The Encyclopaedia Britannica by Thomas Spencer Baynes Pdf

Author : Donald Matthew
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1992-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0521269113

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The Norman Kingdom of Sicily by Donald Matthew Pdf

This book is an introductory account of the kingdom of Sicily established in 1130 by Roger II, a 'Norman' king, and ruled by Roger, his own son and grandsons until 1194 when the kingdom was conquered by his son-in-law, Henry VI of Hohenstaufen. The period covered does, however, extend from Charles of Anjou, a period roughly as long and as coherent as the 'Norman' monarchy of England between 1066 and 1204. Roger II's difficulties in creating an enduring kingdom needed continuous military effort. Even when these efforts were no longer required, the monarchy had still to learn how to function in lands where traditions of local government were strong. Yet when the monarchy itself faltered, the kingdom did not fall apart. Frederick II, the grandson of Roger II, showed that it could be revived and that his sons could maintain it. The ways in which the monarchy made itself indispensable cannot be traced in detail, but pointers to its success can be seen. The kingdom did not spring full-armed at birth - it took time and experience to hammer it into shape. When at last it looked capable of assuming the leadership of all Italy, its enemies combined to prevent it from doing so with the most profound consequences for Italy, the papacy and the west.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 918 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : CORNELL:31924092498801

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The Encyclopædia Britannica by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : MINN:31951002037600K

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The Catholic Encyclopedia: New Mexico-Philip by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Rollason
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780691167626

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The Power of Place by David Rollason Pdf

This volume explores the nature of power - the power of kings, emperors and popes - through the places that these rulers created or developed, including palaces, cities, landscapes, holy places, inauguration sites and burial places. Ranging across all of Europe from the 1st to the 16th centuries, David Rollason examines how these places conveyed messages of power and what those messages were.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112119741301

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Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112047793085 and Others by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas Spencer Baynes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 940 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UIUC:30112124129526

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The Encyclopædia Britannica by Thomas Spencer Baynes Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1186 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Natural history
ISBN : UIUC:30112107992197

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The English Cyclopaedia ... by Anonim Pdf