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Where Three Worlds Met : Sicily in the Early Medieval Mediterranean / Sarah C. Davis-Secord.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (318 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501712593
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 945.802 23
LOC classification:
  • DG867.2 .D38 2018
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Timeline -- Introduction -- 1. Sicily between Constantinople and Rome -- 2. Sicily between Byzantium and the Islamic World -- 3. Sicily in the Dār al-Islām -- 4. Sicily from the Dār al-Islām to Latin Christendom -- 5. Sicily at the Center of the Mediterranean -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: In Where Three Worlds Met, Sarah Davis-Secord investigates Sicily's place within the religious, diplomatic, military, commercial, and intellectual networks of the Mediterranean by tracing the patterns of travel, trade, and communication among Christians (Latin and Greek), Muslims, and Jews. By looking at the island across this long expanse of time and during the periods of transition from one dominant culture to another, Davis-Secord uncovers the patterns that defined and redefined the broader Muslim-Christian encounter in the Middle Ages.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781501712593

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Timeline -- Introduction -- 1. Sicily between Constantinople and Rome -- 2. Sicily between Byzantium and the Islamic World -- 3. Sicily in the Dār al-Islām -- 4. Sicily from the Dār al-Islām to Latin Christendom -- 5. Sicily at the Center of the Mediterranean -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

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In Where Three Worlds Met, Sarah Davis-Secord investigates Sicily's place within the religious, diplomatic, military, commercial, and intellectual networks of the Mediterranean by tracing the patterns of travel, trade, and communication among Christians (Latin and Greek), Muslims, and Jews. By looking at the island across this long expanse of time and during the periods of transition from one dominant culture to another, Davis-Secord uncovers the patterns that defined and redefined the broader Muslim-Christian encounter in the Middle Ages.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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