Sicily and the Mediterranean Migration, Exchange, Reinvention

The island of Sicily has for centuries been a meeting point where civilizations transformed one another and gave life to the cultural developments at the foundation of European modernity. The essays collected here explore Sicily as a place where these cul

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Si ci ly a nd the Med i te rr an e an

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Migr atio n , E xc h a n g e , Reinventio n

Edited by

Claudia Karagoz and Giovanna Summerfield

10.1057/9781137486936 - Sicily and the Mediterranean, Edited by Claudia Karagoz and Giovanna Summerfield

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Sicily and the Mediterranean

sicily and the mediterranean

Copyright © Claudia Karagoz and Giovanna Summerfield, 2015. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—­a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–49110–7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data    Sicily and the Mediterranean : migration, exchange, reinvention / edited by Claudia Karagoz and Giovanna Summerfield.     pages cm    Includes bibliographical references.    ISBN 978–1–137–49110–7 (hardback)    1. Sicily (Italy)—Civilization. 2. Sicily (Italy)—History. 3. Cultural pluralism—Italy—Sicily—History. 4. Sicily (Italy)—Relations— Mediterranean Region. 5. Mediterranean Region—Relations—Italy— Sicily. 6. Sicily (Italy)—Emigration and immigration—History. I. Karagoz, Claudia. II. Summerfield, Giovanna. DG865.6.S54 2015 945.8—dc23

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List of Figure and Tables

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction Claudia Karagoz and Giovanna Summerfield

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1 Sicily and Greece Gaetano Cipolla

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2 The Normans of Sicily from “the Other Side”: The Medieval Arabic Sources Giovanna Palombo

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3 The Artistic Culture of Twelfth-Century Sicily, with a Focus on Palermo William Tronzo

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4 The Oldest