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Arabs and Normans in Sicily and Southern Italy

Arabs and Normans in Sicily and Southern Italy 74 Book Reviews The argument is provocative in places but always carefully argued and with rigorous source-criticism. For example, while evidence for the use of marble in European churches is relatively abundant, especially after the eighth century, other categories – such as palaces – remain rather elusive. We have little information, therefore, on the architectural settings in which the ‘‘vigorous ambassadorial exchanges’’ which Greenhalgh is always keen to describe actually took place and what impact these might have had on the participants in the exchange. The reader is warned, too, that textual references to ‘‘getting old marbles from such prestigious places [as former Roman palaces] has the whiff of a topos’’ (p. 339). It is a testament, therefore, to the breadth and depth of scholarship displayed in this book that it is able to make its case so persuasively. Indeed, the references and bibliography are a rich mine of some of the most up-to-date scholarship, the latter being sensibly organised into geographical categories and themes; at seventy pages it would otherwise be impossible to navigate. Indeed, navigation is not easy at all, despite two indices and a well-ordered bibliography. The text tends to be so crowded with detail and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean Taylor & Francis

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Arabs and Normans in Sicily and Southern Italy

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74 Book Reviews The argument is provocative in places but always carefully argued and with rigorous source-criticism. For example, while evidence for the use of marble in European churches is relatively abundant, especially after the eighth century, other categories – such as palaces – remain rather elusive. We have little information, therefore, on the architectural settings in which the ‘‘vigorous ambassadorial exchanges’’ which Greenhalgh is always keen...
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10.1080/09503110.2011.552952
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74 Book Reviews The argument is provocative in places but always carefully argued and with rigorous source-criticism. For example, while evidence for the use of marble in European churches is relatively abundant, especially after the eighth century, other categories – such as palaces – remain rather elusive. We have little information, therefore, on the architectural settings in which the ‘‘vigorous ambassadorial exchanges’’ which Greenhalgh is always keen to describe actually took place and what impact these might have had on the participants in the exchange. The reader is warned, too, that textual references to ‘‘getting old marbles from such prestigious places [as former Roman palaces] has the whiff of a topos’’ (p. 339). It is a testament, therefore, to the breadth and depth of scholarship displayed in this book that it is able to make its case so persuasively. Indeed, the references and bibliography are a rich mine of some of the most up-to-date scholarship, the latter being sensibly organised into geographical categories and themes; at seventy pages it would otherwise be impossible to navigate. Indeed, navigation is not easy at all, despite two indices and a well-ordered bibliography. The text tends to be so crowded with detail and

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Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean – Taylor & Francis

Published: Apr 1, 2011

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