Sicily and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages / Hiroshi Takayama.
| Author/creator | Takayama, Hiroshi, 1956- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Variorum collected studies series ; CS1076 |
| Contents | The financial and administrative organization of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily -- Familiares regis and the Royal Inner Council in twelfth-century Sicily -- The great administrative officials of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily -- Amiratus in the Norman Kingdom of Sicily : a leading office of Arabic origin in the royal administration -- The administrative organization of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily -- The administration of Roger I : foundation of the Norman administrative system -- Central power and multi-cultural elements at the Norman Court of Sicily -- Confrontation of powers in the Norman Kingdom of Sicily : kings, nobles, bureaucrats, and cities -- Law and monarchy in the south -- Religious tolerance in Norman Sicily? : the case of Muslims -- Frederick II's crusade : an example of Christian-Muslim diplomacy -- Migrations in the Mediterranean area and the Far East : medieval Sicily and Japan -- Classification of villeins in medieval Sicily -- Islamic Sicily. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Takayama, Hiroshi, 1956- Sicily and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 9781138496194 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019000717 |
| ISBN | 9781351022293 (adobe) |
| ISBN | 9781351022279 (mobi) |
| ISBN | 9781351022286 ( epub) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |