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Culture and Civilization in the Middle East Ser.: Muslims and Christians in Norman Sicily : Arabic-Speakers and the End of Islam by Alexander Metcalfe (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis Group
ISBN-100415616441
ISBN-139780415616447
eBay Product ID (ePID)102858534
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMuslims and Christians in Norman Sicily : Arabic-Speakers and the End of Islam
Publication Year2011
SubjectEurope / Italy, Islam / History, Regional Studies
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, Social Science, History
AuthorAlexander Metcalfe
SeriesCulture and Civilization in the Middle East Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight19.9 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.3 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Abbreviation Transliteration Schemes Map of Twelfth-Century Sicily Introduction 1. Sicily before 1100 2. The Muslim Community: Language, Religion and Status 3. 'Normans', 'Lombards', 'Greeks', 'Arabs', 'Berbers' and Jews 4. At the Margins of the Arabic-Speaking Communities 5. Communication Around the Royal Palaces and Arabic as a Language of the Ruling Elite 6. Defining the Land: The Monreale Register of Boundaries from 1182 7. BDe Saracenico in Latinum Transferri: The Mechanics of the Translation Process 8. Arabic-Greek Bilingualism: An Introduction to the Evidence 9. From Arab-Muslim to Latin-Christian: A Model for Change? Appendix A: Index of the Monreale Estates Appendix B: Salvatore Cusa's I diplomi greci ed arabi Appendix C: The Varying Treatment of Professional Names Bibliography Index
SynopsisThe social and linguistic history of medieval Sicily is both intriguing and complex. Before the Muslim invasion of 827, the islanders spoke dialects of either Greek or Latin or both. On the arrival of the Normans around 1060 Arabic was the dominant language, but by 1250 Sicily was an almost exclusively Christian island, with Romance dialects in evidence everywhere. Of particular importance to the development of Sicily was the formative period of Norman rule (1061 1194), when most of the key transitions from an Arabic-speaking Muslim island to a 'Latin'-speaking Christian one were made. This work sets out the evidence for those changes and provides an authoritative approach that re-defines the conventional thinking on the subject., This is the first work to offer a specific account of the social, religious and linguistic shift from a largely Arabic-speaking Muslim island in 1060 to a largely 'Latin'-speaking Christian one by around 1250.
LC Classification NumberDG867.2
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