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	Miscellaneous articles and resources Francesco Barone, ‘Islām in Sicilia nel XII e XIII secolo: ortoprassi, scienze religiose e tasawwuf', Incontri mediterranei. Rivista semestrale di storia e cultura , 6/2 (2003), pp.104–115 (.pdf 0.2 Mb). Henri Bresc and Geneviève Bresc, 'Ségestes médiévales: Calathamet, Calatabarbaro, Calatafimi', Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome. Moyen-Age, vol. 89 (1977), pp.341–370. Digitised by Persée (.pdf 19.76 Mb). Henri Bresc, 'Les jardins royaux de Palerme', Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome. Moyen-Age, vol. 106 (1994), pp.239–258. Digitised by Persée (.pdf 16.1 Mb). Michael Brett, The Rise of the Fatimids: The World of the Mediterranean and the Middle East in the Tenth Century CE (Leiden, 2001). Extracts digitised by google. Ferdinand Chalandon, Histoire de la domination normande en italie et en sicilie, 2 vols. (Paris, 1907). Digitised by archive.org. Vol. 1 (read online); vol. 2 (read online). Horst Enzensberger, 'Die lateinische Kirche und die Bistumsgründungen in Sizilien zu Beginn der normannischen Herrschaft', Rassegna Storica Online, 2 (2001), pp.1–39. Digitised by medioevoitaliano.org (pdf. 0.1 Mb). Vera Von Falkenhausen, 'The South Italian Sources', in Byzantines and Crusaders in Non-Greek Sources, ed. Mary Whitby, Proceedings of the British Academy vol.132 (Oxford, 2007), pp.95–121. Digitised by British Academy (.pdf 0.3 Mb). Michele Fasolo, Alla ricerca di Focerò (Rome, 2008). Extracts digitised by Google. Tommaso Fazello, Storia di Sicilia, 2 vols. (Palermo, 1830–36). Digitised by Google. Vol. 1 (.pdf 14.9 Mb); vol. 2 (.pdf 17.7 Mb). Gian Piero Givigliano, 'I percorsi della conquista', I normanni in finibus Calabriae, ed. Francesco A. Cuteri (Catanzaro, 2003), pp.23–34 (.pdf 1.17 Mb). Digitised by Casalini. William Granara, ‘Islamic Education and the Transmission of Knowledge in Muslim Sicily', Law and Education in Medieval Islam: Studies in Memory of Professor George Makdisi, eds. Joseph E. Lowry, Devin J. Stewart and Shawkat M. Toorawa (Chippenham, 2004), pp.150–173 (.pdf 1.09 Mb). E. Guidoboni and G. Traina, ‘Earthquakes in medieval Sicily: a historical revision (7th–13th centuries)', Annali di geofísica 39/6 (1996), pp.1201–1225 (.pdf 7 Mb). Heinz Halm, The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids, trans. by Michael Bonner (New York, 1996). Extacts digitised by google. Jeremy Johns, 'Arabic Sources for Sicily', in Byzantines and Crusaders in Non-Greek Sources, ed. Mary Whitby, Proceedings of the British Academy vol.132 (Oxford, 2007), pp.341–360. Digitised by British Academy (.pdf 0.2 Mb). Nora Lafi, 'Aspects du gouvernement urbain dans la Sicile musulmane', Modernité et insularité en Méditerranée , Cahiers de la Méditeranée, 68 (2004), pp.1–16. Available in .html. Ferdinando Maurici, 'La terminologia delle fortificazioni nella Sicilia normanna e sveva', published as 'Il vocabolario delle fortificazioni e dell'insediamento nella Sicilia 'aperta' dei normanni: diversità e ambiguità', in "Castra ipsa possunt et debent reparari". Indagini conoscitive e metodologie di restauro delle strutture castellane normanno-sveve (Rome, 1998), pp.25–39. Adapted from http://fermi.univr.it/RM/biblioteca/scaffale/m.htm#Ferdinando Maurici (.pdf 0.1 Mb). Alex Metcalfe, 'De Saracenico in Latinum transferri: causes and effects of translation in the fiscal administration of Norman Sicily', Al-Masāq: Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean, 13 (2001), pp.43–86 (.pdf 0.5 Mb). Alex Metcalfe, 'The Muslims of Sicily Under Christian Rule', The Society of Norman Italy, eds. Graham Loud and Alex Metcalfe (Leiden, 2002), pp.289–318 (.pdf 0.32 Mb). Alex Metcalfe, 'Trusting the Text as Far as We Can Throw the Scribe: Further Notes on Reading a Bilingual Jaridat al-Hudud from the Royal Diwan of Norman Sicily', From Al-Andalus to Khurasan: Documents from the Medieval Muslim World (Leiden, 2007), pp.78–98 (.pdf 0.5 Mb). Gioachinno Nania, Toponomastica e topografia storica nelle valli del Belice e dello Jato (Palermo, 1995). Digitised by Google. Quaderni della scuola di archivista paleografia e diplomatica: studi e strumenti I, ed. by Silvana Vinci (Palermo, 1996). Digitised by archiviodistatopalermo.it (.pdf 13.2 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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Islamic and Norman Sicily (800–1200)

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