Urban dynamics and transcultural communication in medieval Sicily
By: Theresa Jäckh, Mona Kirsch (eds.).
Series: Mittelmeerstudien -- Band 17; Mittelmeerstudien (Paderborn, Germany) -- Bd 17
Publisher: Wilhelm Fink; Ferdinand Schöningh
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Paderborn
Language: eng; ita; fre; ger
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9783770561674; 9783506786296
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: History
Description: "At the heart of the Mediterranean, the island of Sicily has long been a place of encounter. Witness to conquests and cycles of migration, the island’s enviable position as a unique nexus of exchange has left it heir to a rich linguistic, religious, ethnic and cultural inheritance. As the island’s primary conduits of interaction, Sicily’s vibrant cities not only functioned as important hubs for the exchange of goods and knowledge, but also facilitated the transcultural contact of peoples and cultures. This volume offers multi-disciplinary approaches in endeavouring to investigate how such manifold influences shaped the cities of the island and were reflected in the urban dynamics and transcultural communication of medieval Sicily."--
Notes: "This volume is the outcome of an international conference on Urban Dynamics and Transcultural Communication in Medieval Sicily that was held in Heidelberg on the 26th and 27th of November 2015.... Most of the papers contained in this volume were presented at the 2015 conference. However, some of the contributions were, unfortunately, not published in this volume."--Preface, page 7.

International conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Seven contributions in English, 2 Italian, 1 French, and 2 German; abstracts in English.
Table of contents: title: Dynamics of communication in medieval Sicily. An urban, regional and Mediterranean perspective / Theresa Jäckh & Mona Kirsch; title: Die griechischen Gemeinden in Messina und Palermo (11. bis 13. Jahrhundert) / Vera von Falkhausen; title: Space and place in Norman Palermo / Theresa Jäckh; title: Dynamic landscapes and dominant kin groups: hydronymy and water-management in Arab-Norman western Sicily / Alex Metcalfe; title: Counter-narratives in 12th century Norman art and architecture / Thomas Dittelbach; title: … ut omnes habitatores Messane tam latini quam greci et hebrei habeant predictam libertatem … Vita cittadina e cittadinanza a Messina tra Normanni, Angioini e Aragonesi / Julia Becker; title: Dynamiken muslimischer Städte im staufischen Sizilien: Migration und Kommunikation / Richard Engl; title: Palermo in the late Middle Ages: territory and population (13th–15th century) / Kristjan Toomaspoeg; title: Les communautés marchandes de Messine à la fin du Moyen Âge (c. 1250–c. 1500) / Hadrien Penet; title: Il governo vescovile nella diocesi di Catania tra fenomeni di comunicazione, presenze di forestieri e culti devozionali (secoli XIV–metà del XVI) / Fabrizio Titone; title: Archives and sources for medieval Sicily: a study upon the urban reality of a port (Messina in the 15th century / Elisa Vermiglio; title: The Sicilian sugar trade in the western Mediterranean in the later Middle Ages / Mohamed Ouerfelli; title: Abstracts.