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A Companion to Medieval Palermo

A Companion to Medieval Palermo 178 Book Reviews ANNLIESE NEF (Ed.), 2013 [Brill’s Companions to European History, volume V] Leiden-Boston: Brill XVIII + 542 pp., ill., maps €167.00/US$216.00 (hardback) ISBN 9789004223929 The aim of this book is to recast the medieval history of Palermo beyond the old and stereotypical idea of a city characterised by political immaturity and cultural richness due to a series of foreign dominations. Even though the history of Palermo is unevenly documented in the sources, the editor declares in the foreword an intention to attach equal significance to all the various historical periods, especially the Islamic one, which is usually less studied. Cultural, religious and archeological aspects are con- sidered to be as relevant as the political, social and economic dimensions of the city’s history. The book contains five sections, divided into a total of sixteen chapters. Section 1 concerns the Byzantine and Islamic city, section 2 is about Norman Palermo, section 3 deals with Palermo in the eighth/fourteenth and ninth/fifteenth centuries, and section 4 is dedicated to “Transversal Approaches”. The last section, by Fabrizio Titone, despite the title (“Conclusive Perspectives”), does not contain a final conclusion, but only some considerations about the evolution of Sici- lian cities in the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean Taylor & Francis

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A Companion to Medieval Palermo

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178 Book Reviews ANNLIESE NEF (Ed.), 2013 [Brill’s Companions to European History, volume V] Leiden-Boston: Brill XVIII + 542 pp., ill., maps €167.00/US$216.00 (hardback) ISBN 9789004223929 The aim of this book is to recast the medieval history of Palermo beyond the old and stereotypical idea of a city characterised by political immaturity and cultural richness due to a series of foreign dominations. Even though the history of Palermo is unevenly documented in the sources, the...
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© 2015 Patrizia Sardina
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1473-348X
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10.1080/09503110.2015.1049428
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178 Book Reviews ANNLIESE NEF (Ed.), 2013 [Brill’s Companions to European History, volume V] Leiden-Boston: Brill XVIII + 542 pp., ill., maps €167.00/US$216.00 (hardback) ISBN 9789004223929 The aim of this book is to recast the medieval history of Palermo beyond the old and stereotypical idea of a city characterised by political immaturity and cultural richness due to a series of foreign dominations. Even though the history of Palermo is unevenly documented in the sources, the editor declares in the foreword an intention to attach equal significance to all the various historical periods, especially the Islamic one, which is usually less studied. Cultural, religious and archeological aspects are con- sidered to be as relevant as the political, social and economic dimensions of the city’s history. The book contains five sections, divided into a total of sixteen chapters. Section 1 concerns the Byzantine and Islamic city, section 2 is about Norman Palermo, section 3 deals with Palermo in the eighth/fourteenth and ninth/fifteenth centuries, and section 4 is dedicated to “Transversal Approaches”. The last section, by Fabrizio Titone, despite the title (“Conclusive Perspectives”), does not contain a final conclusion, but only some considerations about the evolution of Sici- lian cities in the

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