Muslims of Medieval Italy Metcalfe Alex
Muslims of Medieval Italy Metcalfe Alex Explores Arab-Muslim rule and society in Sicily and south Italy from 800 to 1300 GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748620081);This significant work…
Specifikacia Muslims of Medieval Italy Metcalfe Alex
Muslims of Medieval Italy Metcalfe Alex
Explores Arab-Muslim rule and society in Sicily and south Italy from 800 to 1300 GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748620081);This significant work focuses on the formation and disintegration of Arab-Muslim rule and society in Sicily and south Italy between 800 and 1300 which led to the creation of an enduring Muslim-Christian frontier during the age of the Crusades. The change of ruling elites left a majority Muslim population under Christian rule, but the Sicilian kings also adopted and adapted political ideologies from south Mediterranean regimes while absorbing cultural influences from the diverse peoples It examines the long and short-term impact of Islamic authority and culture on these regions and how they later fell into the hands of European rulers, explaining how the Norman conquest of Sicily came to import radically different dynamics to the central Mediterranean.