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Narrating Muslim Sicily : war and peace in the medieval mediterranean world / William Granara.
Van Pelt Library DG867.13 .G73 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Granara, William, author.
- Series:
- Early and medieval Islamic world
- The early and medieval Islamic world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle Ages.
- Sicily (Italy)--History--800-1016.
- Sicily (Italy).
- Mediterranean Region--Civilization.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Civilization.
- Italy--Sicily.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 215 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London, I.B. Tauris, 2019.
- Contents:
- 1 Sicilian Islamic History as Grand Récit p. 1
- 2 Treason as Historical Anecdote and Literary Trope in Narrating Muslim Sicily p. 35
- 3 Land, Law and Jihad: Al-Dawudi's Anti-Fatimid Polemics p. 69
- 4 Of Minarets and Shipwrecks: Ibn Hamdis and the Poetics of Jihad p. 99
- 5 In Praise of Norman Kings: Arabic Panegyrics beyond Its Boundaries p. 143.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1788313062
- 9781788313063
- OCLC:
- 1043210656
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