Islamic and Norman Sicily

List of topic areas

1. Early history of the central Mediterranean

2. Sources for medieval Mediterranean history

3. Introduction to Mediterranean historiography

4. Geography of Sicily and the central Mediterranean

5. Arab-Muslim North Africa (647–827)

6. Late Byzantine Sicily and the Muslim conquest

7. Christians under Muslim rule

8. The Amirate of Bari

9. Law and learning in Muslim Sicily

10. Rebellions in the Fatimid period

11. Taxation, land tenure, the army and administration

12. Ibn Hawqal In Sicily

13. The Muslim Civil War (c.1030–60)

14. South Italy before the Normans

15. Al-Mujāhid's attack on Sardinia

16. The rise of the Normans in south Italy

17. The Hilalian ‘invasion' of Zirid Ifrīqiya

18. The Norman conquest of Sicily (1061–72)

19. The Norman conquest of Sicily and Malta (1072–91)

20. Muslim responses to the Norman conquest

21. Ecclesiastical lordships

22. The rise of new administrators

23. The early Norman administration of lands and men in Sicily

24. Rebellious lords and the incastellamento question

25. The regency of Adelaide

26. Roger II as Count of Sicily

27. Christodoulos and George of Antioch

28. Sicily and the Mediterranean (1118–28)

29. Formation of the new kingdom

30. Consolidation and development of the kingdom

31. Law, authority and kingship

32. Art and architecture of the royal palaces

33. The royal fiscal administration of lands and men

34. The trial of Philip of Mahdiyya

35. The Norman conquest of Africa

36. William I and Maio of Bari

37. The History of Hugo Falcandus

38. The Muslims and the ‘Lombards'

39. Stephen of Perche and the French contingents

40. Science, translation and patronage

41. The familiares regis

42. External relations and overseas diplomacy

43. The foundation of Monreale

44. Ibn Jubayr in Sicily

45. Abū l-Qāsim and the Muslims

46. The reign of Tancred

47. Markward and the 'amirate in the mountains'

48. The Norman legacy

49. Frederick II and the Staufen dynasty

50. The Sicilian Vespers

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Home The Mediterranean (535–827) Islamic Sicily (827–1061) Norman Conquest (1061–1130) Kingdom of Sicily (1130–1250) Links and Resources Images Discussion board	Chronicles and narrative sources Alexander of Telese Ystoria Rogerii regis Sicilie Calabrie atque Apulie. English translation by Graham A. Loud (.pdf 372 Kb). Annales Casinenses Annales Casinenses 1000–1212, ed. G. H. Pertz, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, vol. xix (Hannover, 1866), pp.305–20. Downloadable in .pdf from Documenta Catholica Omnia. Partial English translation (pp.314–18) by Graham A. Loud (.pdf 72 Kb). Breve Chronicon Northmannicum Breve Chronicon Northmannicum, ed. Errico Cuozzo, Bollettino dell'Istituto storico italiano per il Medioevo, 83 (1971), pp.131–232. Available in HTML from Storia Online. Hypertextualised Latin from Intratext. The 'Cambridge Chronicle' Ta'rīkh Jazīrat Siqilliyya, English trans. Alex Metcalfe (.pdf 214 Kb). George Cedrenus Georgius Cedrenus, Compendium Historiarum, A Mundo Condito Usque Ad Isaacium Comnenum Imperatorem, ed. and trans. Guilielmo Xylandro, Corpus scriptorum historiae byzantinae (Bonn, 1838). Digitised by Documenta Catholica Omnia (.pdf 35 Mb). Chronicon Casauriense Iohannes Berardi, monasterii Sancti Clementis de Casauria monachus, Chronicon Casauriense, ed. L. A. Muratori, Rerum Italicarum Scriptores, II/2 (1726), pp.776–916 (.pdf 2.3 Mb). Partial English translation by Graham A. Loud (.pdf 0.24 Mb). Hugo Falcandus La Historia o Liber de Regno Sicilie e la Epistola ad Petrum Panormitane Ecclesie Thesaurium di Ugo Falcando, ed. G. B. Siragusa, Fonti per la storia d'Italia 22 (Rome, 1897) in HTML from the Latin Library. Hypertextualised Latin version from Intratext. English translation as The History of the Tyrants of Sicily by ‘Hugo Falcandus' 1154–1169, trans. Graham A. Loud and Thomas Wiedemann (Manchester, 1998). Digitised by Manchester Medieval Sources (.pdf restricted access). Falco of Benevento Chronicon Beneventanum in HTML from the Latin Library. Genoese Annals Annali Genovesi di Caffaro e de' suoi continuatori, ed. L. T. Belgrano and C. Imperiale, Fonti per la storia d'Italia, vol. II (Rome, 1902). Available as read-only digital book or .txt from American Libraries Internet Archive. Partial English translation (pp.38–41, 45–53) by Graham A. Loud (.pdf 183 Kb). Geoffrey Malaterra Gaufredo Malaterra, De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae Comitis et Roberti Guiscardi Ducis fratris eius, ed. Ernesto Pontieri (Bologna, 1927–8), hypertextualised HTML from Intratext. Latin text also in HTML from the Latin Library. Complete English translation by Graham A. Loud (.pdf 624 Kb). Otto of St. Blasien Ottonis de Sancto Blasio, Chronica, ed. Adolfus Hofmeister, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores Rerum Germanicarum, 15 (Hannover, 1912). Digitised by Canadian Libraries Internet Archive. Partial English translation (pp.39–40, 55–7, 58–66) by Graham A. Loud (.pdf 105 Kb). Peter of Eboli Peter of Eboli, Liber ad honorem Augusti di Pietro da Eboli, ed. G. B. Siragusa, Fonti per la storia d'Italia 39 (Rome, 1905), HTML version from the Latin Library. Hypertextualised Latin version available in HTML from Intratext. Lupus Protospatarius Barensis Rerum in regno neapolitano gestarum breve chronicon, in HTML from the Latin Library. Michael Psellos Michael Psellus, Chronographia, trans. E. R. A. Sewter (New Haven, 1953). Digitised by Documenta Catholica Omnia (.pdf 2 Mb). Richard of San Germano Ryccardi di Sancto Germano Chronica, ed. Carlo Alberto Garufi, Rerum Italicarum Scriptores, vii, pt. II (Bologna, 1938). Available in .txt and .pdf from Canadian Libraries Internet Archive. Partial English translation by Graham A. Loud (.pdf 92 Kb). Romuald of Salerno Partial English translation in The History of the Tyrants of Sicily by ‘Hugo Falcandus' 1154-1169, trans. Graham A. Loud and Thomas Wiedemann (Manchester, 1998). Digitised by Manchester Medieval Sources (.pdf restricted access). John Skylitzes Iohannes Scylitzae, Excerpta Ex Breviario Historico, ed. B. G. Niebuhrii, Corpus scriptorum historiae byzantinae (Bonn, 1839). Digitised by Documenta Catholica Omnia (.pdf 18.5 Mb). Theodosius Letter of the monk Theodosius to the Archdeacon Leo concerning the capture of Syracuse, English trans. F. M. Crawford, The Rulers of the South (London and Paris, 1900), (pdf 78 Kb). William of Apulia Guillaume de Pouille, La Geste de Robert Guiscard, ed. M. Mathieu (Palermo, 1961), hypertextualised version from Intratext. Also available in HTML from the Latin Library. Complete English translation by Graham A. Loud (.pdf 0.3 Mb).	List of topic areas 1. Early history of the central Mediterranean 2. Sources for medieval Mediterranean history 3. Introduction to Mediterranean historiography 4. Geography of Sicily and the central Mediterranean 5. Arab-Muslim North Africa (647–827) 6. Late Byzantine Sicily and the Muslim conquest 7. Christians under Muslim rule 8. The Amirate of Bari 9. Law and learning in Muslim Sicily 10. Rebellions in the Fatimid period 11. Taxation, land tenure, the army and administration 12. Ibn Hawqal In Sicily 13. The Muslim Civil War (c.1030–60) 14. South Italy before the Normans 15. Al-Mujāhid's attack on Sardinia 16. The rise of the Normans in south Italy 17. The Hilalian ‘invasion' of Zirid Ifrīqiya 18. The Norman conquest of Sicily (1061–72) 19. The Norman conquest of Sicily and Malta (1072–91) 20. Muslim responses to the Norman conquest 21. Ecclesiastical lordships 22. The rise of new administrators 23. The early Norman administration of lands and men in Sicily 24. Rebellious lords and the incastellamento question 25. The regency of Adelaide 26. Roger II as Count of Sicily 27. Christodoulos and George of Antioch 28. Sicily and the Mediterranean (1118–28) 29. Formation of the new kingdom 30. Consolidation and development of the kingdom 31. Law, authority and kingship 32. Art and architecture of the royal palaces 33. The royal fiscal administration of lands and men 34. The trial of Philip of Mahdiyya 35. The Norman conquest of Africa 36. William I and Maio of Bari 37. The History of Hugo Falcandus 38. The Muslims and the ‘Lombards' 39. Stephen of Perche and the French contingents 40. Science, translation and patronage 41. The familiares regis 42. External relations and overseas diplomacy 43. The foundation of Monreale 44. Ibn Jubayr in Sicily 45. Abū l-Qāsim and the Muslims 46. The reign of Tancred 47. Markward and the 'amirate in the mountains' 48. The Norman legacy 49. Frederick II and the Staufen dynasty 50. The Sicilian Vespers
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The Medieval Mediterranean

Islamic and Norman Sicily (800–1200)

Chronicles and narrative sources

Alexander of Telese

Annales Casinenses

Breve Chronicon Northmannicum

The 'Cambridge Chronicle'

George Cedrenus

Chronicon Casauriense

Hugo Falcandus

Falco of Benevento

Genoese Annals

Geoffrey Malaterra

Otto of St. Blasien

Peter of Eboli

Lupus Protospatarius Barensis

Michael Psellos

Richard of San Germano

Romuald of Salerno

John Skylitzes

Theodosius

William of Apulia

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