Muslims and Christians in Norman Sicily : Arabic-Speakers and the End of Islam PDF
by Dr Alexander Metcalfe, Alex Metcalfe
Part of the Culture and Civilization in the Middle East series
Description
The social and linguistic history of medieval Sicily is both intriguing and complex.
Before the Muslim invasion of 827, the islanders spoke dialects of either Greek or Latin or both.
On the arrival of the Normans around 1060 Arabic was the dominant language, but by 1250 Sicily was an almost exclusively Christian island, with Romance dialects in evidence everywhere.
Of particular importance to the development of Sicily was the formative period of Norman rule (1061 1194), when most of the key transitions from an Arabic-speaking Muslim island to a 'Latin'-speaking Christian one were made.
This work sets out the evidence for those changes and provides an authoritative approach that re-defines the conventional thinking on the subject.
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- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:21/01/2014
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- ISBN:9781317829256
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:21/01/2014
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- ISBN:9781317829256
