The Muslims of Medieval Italy by Alex Metcalfe

Author:Alex Metcalfe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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See the classic article by Antonio Marongiu, ‘A model state in the Middle Ages: the Norman and Swabian kingdom of Sicily’, Comparative Studies in Society and History, 6/3 (1964): 307–20.

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Francesco Gabrieli, ‘Greeks and Arabs in the central Mediterranean area’, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 18 (1964): 57–65.

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For the notion that Roger was restoring some ancient kingship, see Alexander of Telese, Ystoria Rogerii, II:2, p. 24: ‘it was certain that there had once been in that city a seat of kingship to rule all Sicily, and which now appeared to have lapsed for a long time, it was absolutely right and just that the crown be put on Roger’s head and that realm restored – not only there, but also that it should be extended to the other regions in which he was now seen to be lord.’

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