Urban Dynamics and Transcultural Communication in Medieval Sicily

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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. URBAN DYNAMICS AND TRANSCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN MEDIEVAL SICILY Contents Preface Dynamics of communication in medieval Sicily. An urban, regional and Mediterranean perspective Die griechischen Gemeinden in Messina und Palermo (11. bis 13. Jahrhundert) Space and place in Norman Palermo Dynamic landscapes and dominant kin groups: hydronymy and water-management in Arab-Norman western Sicily Counter-narratives in 12th century Norman art and architecture … ut omnes habitatores Messane tam latini quam greci et hebrei habeant predictam libertatem … Vita cittadina e cittadinanza a Messina tra Normanni, Angioini e Aragonesi Dynamiken muslimischer Städte im staufischen Sizilien: Migration und Kommunikation Palermo in the late Middle Ages: territory and population (13th–15th century) Les communautés marchandes de Messine à la fin du Moyen Âge (c. 1250–c. 1500) Il governo vescovile nella diocesi di Catania tra fenomeni di comunicazione, presenze di forestieri e culti devozionali (secoli XIV–metà del XVI) Archives and sources for medieval Sicily: a study upon the urban reality of a port (Messina in the 15th century) The Sicilian sugar trade in the western Mediterranean in the later Middle Ages Abstracts Index