The Medieval Mediterranean
Islamic and Norman Sicily (800–1200)
Images and issues of copyright
Please note that all images linked to this webpage are copyrighted. However, they may be used for teaching purposes. Please contact us via email if you wish to reproduce an image for commercial use or wider distribution. The images are only a selection and some are available in a much higher resolution than presented here. Unless otherwise stated, all images shown are in .jpeg format.
Caltabellotta
To south coast (630kB); view #1 (472kB); view #2 (526kB)
Cefalù
Cathedral (391kB); Cathedral from above #1 (491kB); Cathedral from above #2 (526kB); Harbour (343kB)
Erice
Norman castle #1 (529kB); castle #2 (285kB); Trapani from Erice (196kB); View to north-east (287kB)
Etna
Etna #1 (438kB); Etna #2 (626kB)
Mazara
Roger I's castle (465kB); elephant #1; (511kB); elephant #2 (274kB)
Monreale: Santa Maria Nuova
.jpg)
Palermo: Cappella Palatina
Interior (494kB); exterior (400kB); ceiling (764kB); interior #2 (419kB); inscription (571kb)
Palermo: Cathedral
Roger II's sarcophagus (1.6Mb); apse (1.4Mb)
Palermo: L'Uscibene (royal Norman palace)
Overgrown approach (579kB, taken in 2001); Muqarnas (704kB); Salasbil (water-spout) (653kB); Exterior #1 (526kB); Exterior #2 (642kB); Interior #1 (656kB); Interior #2 (563kB); Interior #3 (375kB); Interior #4 (616kB)
Palermo: outskirts and miscellaneous
La Cubula (900kB); San Giovanni dei Lebbrosi (465kB); Ponte dell'Ammiraglio #1 (566kB); Ponte #2 (530kB); S. Cataldo (625kB); S. Giovanni degli Eremiti (773kB)
Palermo: S. Maria dell'Ammiraglio (La Martorana)
Interior #1 (414kB); Roger II (365kB); George of Antioch (390kB); Arabic hymn detail (439kB); interior #2 (378kB)
Palermo: Zisa palace
Exterior (1.2Mb); Grizandus inscription (689kB); interior (181kB); mosaic #1 (1.3Mb); mosaic #2 (338kB)
Selinunte
Byzantine fortifications over Temple 'O' (702kB); Byzantine fortifications (764kB)
Vícari
La Cuba Cíprina (624kB); Fort (191kB); View to the west (465kB)
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
| Home | View by topic area| Mediterranean History | Islamic Sicily | The Norman Conquest |
| The Kingdom of Sicily | Links and Resources | Images | Discussion board |