Medieval Sicily, al-Andalus, and the Maghrib : writing in times of turmoil
Front Cover -- Front matter -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title Page -- copyright page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Body -- Introduction -- Maghribī Societies: Between Convergence and Clash -- Writing the Twilight: History, Travel, and Romance -- Bibliography -- The Indiculus...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Langue: | English |
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Leeds : Arc Humanities Press,
2020
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| Titres liés à la collection: | The medieval globe
volume 5 |
| Sujets: | Multilingualism and literature Europe-Geography Electronic books Sizilien Andalusien Maghreb Literatur Islam Religion Mittelalter |
| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource |
| Résumé: | Front Cover -- Front matter -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title Page -- copyright page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Body -- Introduction -- Maghribī Societies: Between Convergence and Clash -- Writing the Twilight: History, Travel, and Romance -- Bibliography -- The Indiculus luminosus and the Creation of a Ninth-Century Prophetic Conflict between Christianity and Islam -- Prophetic Discourse in the Latin West -- Alvarus and the Indiculus luminosus -- Alvarus as Prophet -- Defamiliarizing Islam with the "Evidence of Our Eyes" Prophetic Resistance and Apostolic Preaching -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Empire and Caliphate in the Life of John of Gorze -- Bibliography -- The Writing of Munāẓarāt in Times of Turmoil: Disputations In Fatimid Ifrīqiya -- Munāẓara and the Traditionalists of Qayrawān -- The Authors of Disputations and Their Audiences -- Ibn al-Ḥaddad's munāẓarāt with the Fatimid dā'i Abū-l-'Abbās -- Munāẓara and the Politics of Writing a Biographic Entry -- The Writing of the Kitāb al-Munāẓarat in the Context of Controversies over Philosophical Doctrines in Fatimid Qayrawān -- Conclusion -- Bibliography Messaging and Memory: Notes From Medieval Ifrīqiya And Sicily -- Notes from the Life of Jawdhar -- Lost Histories and Lost Messages -- Messengers and Messaging in the Norman Conquest Sources -- Interpreters, Translators, and Intermediaries -- Treaties with the Conquered Peoples -- Some Concluding Thoughts -- Bibliography -- "And God Dispersed Their Unity": Historiographical Patterns in Recounting the End of Muslim Rule in Sicily and Al-Andalus -- The Precedents for Describing Defeat -- The Theme of Defeat in the Sources for Sicily and al-Andalus Cherchez la femme: Some Observations on a Flexible Motif -- Preliminary Conclusions -- Bibliography -- A Wondrous Past, a Dangerous Present: The Egyptian Temple of Akhmīm and the Martorana Church in Palermo, as Seen ... -- The Division between Mashriq and Maghrib: From Eastern Tenth-Century Geographers to Ibn Jubayr's Riḥla -- Almohads, Fatimids, and the Role of Saladin in Ibn Jubayr's Riḥla -- Comparing Ibn Jubayr's Descriptions of Muslim Religious Buildings and That of the Egyptian Temple of Akhmīm -- Describing the Church of St. Mary of the Admiral in Palermo -- Some Concluding Remarks 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 |
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| Description: | 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 |
| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource |
| ISBN: | 9781641893862 1641893869 9781641893855 1641893850 |