Medieval Sicily, al-Andalus, and the Maghrib: Writing in Times of Turmoil

Nicola Carpentieri; Carol Symes

doi:10.2307/j.ctvz0h9bz

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Edition: 1/2020
Copyright Year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-1-64189-385-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-64189-386-2
Publisher: Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Series: The Medieval Globe Books
Language: English
Pages: 186
Product Type: Edited Book

1. Table of contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
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1. Maghribī Societies: Between Convergence and Clash No access
2. Writing the Twilight: History, Travel, and Romance No access
3. Bibliography No access
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1. Prophetic Discourse in the Latin West No access
2. Alvarus and the Indiculus luminosus No access
3. Alvarus as Prophet No access
4. Defamiliarizing Islam with the “Evidence of Our Eyes” No access
5. Prophetic Resistance and Apostolic Preaching No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Bibliography No access
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1. Bibliography No access
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1. Munāẓara and the Traditionalists of Qayrawān No access
2. The Authors of Disputations and Their Audiences No access
3. Ibn al-Ḥaddad’s munāẓarāt with the Fatimid dā'i Abū-l-'Abbās No access
4. Munāẓara and the Politics of Writing a Biographic Entry No access
5. The Writing of the Kitāb al-Munāẓarat in the Context of Controversies over Philosophical Doctrines in Fatimid Qayrawān No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Bibliography No access
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1. Notes from the Life of Jawdhar No access
2. Lost Histories and Lost Messages No access
3. Messengers and Messaging in the Norman Conquest Sources No access
4. Interpreters, Translators, and Intermediaries No access
5. Treaties with the Conquered Peoples No access
6. Some Concluding Thoughts No access
7. Bibliography No access
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1. The Precedents for Describing Defeat No access
2. The Theme of Defeat in the Sources for Sicily and al-Andalus No access
3. Cherchez la femme: Some Observations on a Flexible Motif No access
4. Preliminary Conclusions No access
5. Bibliography No access
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1. The Division between Mashriq and Maghrib: From Eastern Tenth-Century Geographers to Ibn Jubayr’s Riḥla No access
2. Almohads, Fatimids, and the Role of Saladin in Ibn Jubayr’s Riḥla No access
3. Comparing Ibn Jubayr’s Descriptions of Muslim Religious Buildings and That of the Egyptian Temple of Akhmīm No access
4. Describing the Church of St. Mary of the Admiral in Palermo No access
5. Some Concluding Remarks No access
6. Bibliography No access
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1. Territorial Settings and Ethno-Linguistic Origins No access
2. Religious Conversion and Political Destiny No access
3. Emperor Flores and His Legacy: Roman Hispania Answers the Morisco Question No access
4. Bibliography No access
Index No access Pages 171 - 178