Title Sicily and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages / Hiroshi Takayama

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019 ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 393 pages) Series Variorum collected studies series Collected studies. Contents Familiares regis and the Royal Inner Council in twelfth-century Sicily -- The great administrative officials of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily -- Amiratus in the Norman Kingdom of Sicily : a leading office of Arabic origin in the royal administration -- The administrative organization of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily -- The administration of Roger I : foundation of the Norman administrative system -- Central power and multi-cultural elements at the Norman Court of Sicily -- Confrontation of powers in the Norman Kingdom of Sicily : kings, nobles, bureaucrats, and cities -- Law and monarchy in the south -- Religious tolerance in Norman Sicily? : the case of Muslims -- Frederick II's crusade : an example of Christian-Muslim diplomacy -- Migrations in the Mediterranean area and the Far East : medieval Sicily and Japan -- Classification of villeins in medieval Sicily Summary "This book is a collection of milestone articles of a leading scholar in the study of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, a crossroads of Latin-Christian, Greek-Byzantine, and Arab-Islamic cultures and one of the most fascinating but also one of the most neglected kingdoms in the medieval world. Some of his articles were published in influential journals such as English Historical Review, Viator, Mediterranean Historical Review, and Papers of the British School at Rome, while others appeared in hard-to-obtain festschrifts, proceedings of international conferences, and so on. The articles included here, based on analysis of Latin, Greek, and Arabic documents as well as multi-lingual parchments, explore subjects of interest in medieval Mediterranean world such as Norman administrations, multi-cultural courts, Christian-Muslim diplomacy, conquests and migrations, religious tolerance and conflicts, cross-cultural contacts, and so forth. Some of them dig deep into curious specific topics, while others settle disputes among scholars and correct our antiquated interpretations. His attention to the administrative structure of the kingdom of Sicily, whose bureaucracy was staffed by Greeks, Muslims and Latins, has been a particularly important part of his work, where he has engaged in major debates with other scholars in the field"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Hiroshi Takayama, professor of history at the University of Tokyo, received his Ph. D. from Yale University with the R. Lopez Memorial Prize in 1990. While comparing medieval polities in Europe, he has been studying cross-cultural contacts in the Mediterranean area, focusing on medieval Sicily, a crossroads of Latin, Greek, and Islamic cultures. He has sole-authored ten books, co-edited eight books, and published about forty articles. He has received the Suntory Award, Collegium Mediterranistarum Award, Premio Marco Polo, and Medal with Purple Ribbon. He has served as an editorial board member of scholarly journals and book series in the UK, US, Italy, Netherlands, and Japan. He is President of the Historical Society of Japan (2016- ) and President of the Japan Society for Medieval European Studies (2015- ) Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 17, 2019) Subject Normans -- Italy -- Sicily -- History Cultural pluralism -- Italy -- Sicily -- History -- To 1500 Religious pluralism -- Italy -- Sicily -- History -- To 1500 HISTORY -- Europe -- Italy. HISTORY -- General. Cultural pluralism International relations Kings and rulers Normans Politics and government Religious pluralism SUBJECT Sicily (Italy) -- History -- 1016-1194. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85122248 Sicily (Italy) -- Politics and government -- To 1282. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85122259 Sicily (Italy) -- Kings and rulers -- History Sicily (Italy) -- Relations -- Mediterranean Region Mediterranean Region -- Relations -- Italy -- Sicily Subject Italy -- Sicily Mediterranean Region Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019000717 ISBN 9781351022309 135102230X 9781351022293 1351022296 9781351022279 135102227X 9781351022286 1351022288

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