Urban Dynamics and Transcultural Communication in Medieval Sicily

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.

About the author

Theresa Jäckh studierte Geschichte, Islamwissenschaft und Jüdische Studien. Sie ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin und Doktorandin der Nachwuchsforschergruppe "Schutz und Asyl in Phasen politischer und religiöser Expansion" der Transcultural Studies, Universität HeidelbergMona Kirsch absolvierte den Trinationalen Masterstudiengang "European History and Civilisation" in Leiden, Oxford, Paris. Sie ist Doktorandin am SFB 619 Ritualdynamik, Universität Heidelberg.

Product details

• Authors: Theres Jäckh M A, Theresa Jäckh M A, Theresa Jäckh M.A., Mona Kirsch
• Assisted by: Mihran Dabag (Editor), Mihran Dabag et al (Editor), Theres Jäckh (Editor), Theresa Jäckh (Editor), Nikolas Jaspert (Editor), Kirsch (Editor), Mon Kirsch (Editor), Mona Kirsch (Editor), Achim Lichtenberger (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill Fink
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9783506786296
• ISBN: 978-3-506-78629-6
• No. of pages: 326
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 239 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 698 g
• Illustrations: 6 Farbfotos, 4 Tabellen, 2 SW-Abb., 19 SW-Fotos
• Series: Mittelmeerstudien; Mittelmeerstudien
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories