Medieval Sicily, al-Andalus, and the Maghrib

Writing in Times of Turmoil

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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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. Beginning in the seventh century, Muslim expansion into the western Mediterranean initiated a new phase in the layering of heterogeneous peoples and languages in this perennial contact zone: Arabs and Berbers, Christians and Jews, Sunnī and Shīʿa Muslims, Greeks and Latins all shaped, shared, and contested identities, hybrid genealogies of knowledge, and fragile but vital political alliances. Waves of migration and the movement of scholars and poets transmitted and expanded canonical and convergent literary forms while facilitating the rise of new vernaculars and the adoption of "foreign" cultural practices and themes. These essays excavate the complexities of the literary artefacts produced in these times of turmoil, offering new perspectives on the intellectual networks and traditions that proved instrumental in overcoming the often traumatic transitions among political and/or religious regimes.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-02-29
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt386 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieThe Medieval Globe Books
Antal sidor184
FörlagArc Humanities Press
ISBN9781641893855

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Nicola Carpentieri is Assistant Professor and Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Connecticut. He specializes in medieval Arabic poetry in the western Mediterranean and in Greek, Arabic, and Latin medical knowledge. He obtained his PhD from Harvard University in 2012. Carol Symes is the Lynn M. Martin Professorial Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on the history of documentary practices and communication media in medieval Europe.

Introduction: A Mediterranean Ecumene in Crisis - Nicola Carpentieri and Carol SymesThe Indiculus luminosus and the Creation of a Ninth-Century Prophetic Conflict between Christianity and Islam - Andrew SoberEmpire and Caliphate in the Life of John of Gorze - Natalie LevinThe Writing of Munāẓarāt in Times of Turmoil: Disputations in Fatimid Ifriqiya - Aslisho QurbonievMessaging and Memory: Notes from Medieval Ifriqiya and Sicily - Alex Metcalfe“And God dispersed their unity”: Historiographical Strategies for Recounting the End of Muslim Rule in Sicily and al-Andalus - Roberta DenaroA Wondrous Past, a Dangerous Present: The Egyptian Temple of Akhmīm and the Martorana Church in Palermo as Seen through Ibn Jubayr’s Travelogue - Giovanna CalassoHow Does a Moorish Prince Become a Roman Caesar? Fictions and Forgeries, Emperors and Others from the Spanish Flores Romances to the Lead Books of Granada - Keith Budner

While it is certainly the case that readers will find particular value in the individual articles that make up Medieval Sicily, al-Andalus, and the Maghrib, the thematic coherence of the parts creates a valuable whole that should not be overlooked. This volume demonstrates the advantages of using wide geographic perspectives and examining not just the poles of conflict and coexistence, but the ways in which the turmoil of life in the complex world of the Mediterranean was a culturally "generative process."