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Sicily and The Enlightenment
Dominico Caracciolo was an important figure on the eighteenth-century European stage, holding high office as a diplomat in London, Turin and Paris, and as viceroy and prime minister in the Two Sicilies. He was an inveterate letter-writer and his huge correspondence, with his diplomatic despatches and other official writing, is a unique original source, providing a detailed and vivid picture of the eighteenth-century European elite with all its extravagance and scandalous behaviour but, even more importantly, it is an account of an Enlightenment struggle against the increasingly outdated clerical and feudal rule in Sicily. Caracciolo was an abrasive and combative official and politician and vigorous scion of the Enlightenment. In this book, Angus Campbell provides a detailed portrait of Caracciolo and of the political, social, economic, legal and cultural context in which he lived and worked. In doing so, he provides a unique vantage point on the European diplomatic culture of the eighteenth century.
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Morning sea
Desperate to escape the chaos and violence as Gaddafi clings to power, Farid and his mother dash through the streets of Tripoli to the sea, hoping to secure safe passage to Sicily. But as they hunker down in the battered, overcrowded boat, the terrifying vastness of the sea - and journey - begins to dawn. Meanwhile, Vito wanders the Sicilian beaches, scanning the rocks for debris from boats lost at sea. Vito's parents left Libya when Gaddafi came to power, but his mother has never adjusted to life in Italy - or let go of her childhood love, an Arab boy whom she was forced to leave to a fate very different from her own.
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Urbanism and Empire in Roman Sicily
Sicily has been the fulcrum of the Mediterranean throughout history. The island’s central geographical position and its status as ancient Rome’s first overseas province make it key to understanding the development of the Roman Empire. Yet Sicily’s crucial role in the empire has been largely overlooked by scholars of classical antiquity, apart from a small number of specialists in its archaeology and material culture. Urbanism and Empire in Roman Sicily offers the first comprehensive English-language overview of the history and archaeology of Roman Sicily since R. J. A. Wilson’s Sicily under the Roman Empire (1990). Laura Pfuntner traces the development of cities and settlement networks in Sicily in order to understand the island’s political, economic, social, and cultural role in Rome’s evolving Mediterranean hegemony. She identifies and examines three main processes traceable in the archaeological record of settlement in Roman Sicily: urban disintegration, urban adaptation, and the development of alternatives to urban settlement. By expanding the scope of research on Roman Sicily beyond the bounds of the island itself, through comparative analysis of the settlement landscapes of Greece and southern Italy, and by utilizing exciting evidence from recent excavations and surveys, Pfuntner establishes a new empirical foundation for research on Roman Sicily and demonstrates the necessity of including Sicily in broader historical and archaeological studies of the Roman Empire.
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The Muslims of medieval Italy
A general historical introduction to the Muslims of Medieval Italy which presents specific information regarding social, religious, administrative, political, cultural, artistic and intellectual questions.
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The Normans
A bold new history of the rise and expansion of the Norman
Dynasty across Europe from Byzantium to England In the
eleventh century the climate was improving, population was growing,
and people were on the move. The Norman dynasty ranged across
Europe, led by men who achieved lasting fame like William the
Conqueror and Robert Guiscard. These figures cultivated an image of
unstoppable Norman success and their victories make for a great
story, but how much of it is true? In this insightful history,
Judith Green challenges old certainties and explores the reality of
Norman life across the continent. There were many soldiers of
fortune, but their successes were down to timing, good luck, and
ruthless leadership. Green shows the Normans' profound impact, from
drastic change in England to laying the foundations for unification
in Sicily, to their contribution to the First Crusade. Going beyond
the familiar, she looks at personal dynastic relationships and the
important part women played in what at first sight seems a
resolutely masculine world.
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