Muslims in Medieval Italy: The Colony at Lucera
- ISBN-10
- 0739114840
- ISBN-13
- 9780739114841
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 255
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Author
- Julie Taylor
Description
Muslims in Medieval Italy is the history of a Muslim colony established at Lucera in southern Italy during the Middle Ages. It examines Muslim-Christian Relations, the legal and social status of Muslims in Christiandom, and the contributions made by Muslims to the economy and defense of the Kingdom of Sicily.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Muslims of Medieval Italy
By Alex MetcalfeA general historical introduction to the Muslims of Medieval Italy which presents specific information regarding social, religious, administrative, political, cultural, artistic and intellectual questions.
-
Christians and Muslims in Early Medieval Italy: Perceptions, Encounters, and Clashes
By LUIGI ANDREA. BERTOBy examining how Muslims and Christians perceived each other and how they communicated, this book brings the relationship between Muslims and Christians in early medieval Italy into clearer focus.
-
Christians and Muslims in Early Medieval Italy: Perceptions, Encounters, and Clashes
By Luigi Andrea BertoBy examining how Muslims and Christians perceived each other and how they communicated, this book brings the relationship between Muslims and Christians in early medieval Italy into clearer focus, showing that the followers of the Cross and ...
-
Muslims of Medieval Latin Christendom, c.1050–1614
By Brian A. CatlosThis is a pioneering new narrative of the history of medieval and early modern Europe from the perspective of Islamic minorities; one which is not, as we might first assume, driven by ideology, isolation and decline, but instead one in ...
-
Western Views of Islam in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Perception of Other
By M. Frassetto, D. BlanksThese essays also reveal attempts at accommodation and understanding that stand in contrast to the prevailing hostility that existed then and, in some ways, exists still today.
-
The Other Muslims: Moderate and Secular
By Z. BaranThis book is a unique collection of alternative Muslim voices, predominantly from Europe, who come from a variety of backgrounds - academia, theology, acting, activism - and who make a transformational contribution to the debate of the ...
-
A History of Muslim Sicily
By Leonard ChiarelliThis new edition has now been updated with the latest research on the subject and with improved maps describing Sicily during the times of the Arabs.
-
Narrating Muslim Sicily: War and Peace in the Medieval Mediterranean World
By William GranaraDrawing on a lifetime of translating and linguistic experience, William Granara here focuses on the various ways in which medieval Arab historians, geographers, jurists and philologists imagined and articulated their ever-changing ...
-
Arabs and Normans in Sicily and the South of Italy
By Adele Cilento, Alessandro VanoliThis book is written by two expert scholars.
-
Italy in the Central Middle Ages
By David AbulafiaPresenting a rounded view of Italy at a time when it was the most dynamic region in western Europe, this book looks at Italy in its entirety, rather than concentrating largely on the north, as previous studies have done.