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1 online resource (188 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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The Medieval Globe Books
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Medieval globe.
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| 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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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 -- 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 |
| Bibliography |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Multilingualism and literature.
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Multilingualism and literature. |
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Sicily (Italy) -- Literatures -- History.
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Iberian Peninsula -- Literatures -- History.
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Europe -- Iberian Peninsula. |
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North African literature -- History.
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North African literature. |
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History. |
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HISTORY -- Medieval. |
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Literature. |
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Italy -- Sicily. |
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North Africa. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Carpentieri, Nicola.
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Symes, Carol.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Medieval Sicily, al-Andalus, and the Maghrib. Writing in times of turmoil. Leeds : Arc Humanities Press 2020 9781641893855 (OCoLC)1129259158 |
| ISBN |
9781641893862 (electronic book) |
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1641893869 (electronic book) |
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9781641893855 |
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1641893850 |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9781641893862. |
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