1st Edition
Christians and Muslims in Early Medieval Italy A Sourcebook
By Luigi Andrea Berto
Copyright 2024
180 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In the early Middle Ages (ninth to eleventh centuries), Italy became the target of Muslim campaigns. The Muslims conquered Sicily, ruled her for more than two centuries, and conducted many raids against the Italian Peninsula. During that period, however, Christians and Muslims did not always fight each other. Indeed, sometimes they traded with the ‘other’ and visited the lands of the ‘other’.... Read more
1. Definitions and information about the other 2. Religious Otherness 3. Perceptions 4. Some ‘Light’ in the ‘Darkness’ 5. Supernatural Events 6. The Enemy is Coming 7. Prisoners 8. Going to the ‘Other’ 9. Encounters
Biography
Luigi Andrea Berto is Professor of History at Western Michigan University, USA. His research focuses on medieval Italy and the Mediterranean, with a special interest in the use of the past in the medieval and modern periods, and the relationships between Christians and Muslims.
