Dalli, Charles (2009) Contriving Coexistence: Muslims and Christians in the Unmaking of Norman Sicily. In: Routines of Existence: Time, Life and After Life in Society and Religion. Thematic work group. 3, Religion and philosophy (4). Plus, Pisa, pp. 30-43. ISBN 978-88-8492-650-0
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ENGLISH: The historical drama characterizing the failure and collapse of the composite society of Latin Christian Sicily, culminating in the eradication of Islam under Frederick II, is accentuated by the long-standing impression that the Norman rulers had successfully transformed the island kingdom into a stable haven of multicultural coexistence in the preceding century. Historians may have to steer a middle course between two extremes. To reduce the Sicilian experience to a clash of civilizations would be a falsification of the past. To uphold Sicily as a successful case study of convivencia may be similarly reductionist, if not equally false. Whilst the image of Sicily as a haven of multicultural coexistence does not correspond completely to the documented realities of the island kingdom, it may also distort the investigation of the final decades of Islam in Sicily by artificially equating the collapse of a multicultural society with a breakdown of a benevolent regime of convivencia whose character and very existence remain open to historical debate. / MALTI: Matul is-snin, l-istorjografja ta' Sqallija jidher li nisslet l-impressjoni li l-ħakkiema Normanni kienu rnexxielhom tabilħaqq jibdlu mill-qiegħ is-saltna tagħhom fil-gżira f ’benniena ta’ koeżistenza multikulturali. Dan it-twemmin affetwa mill-qrib l-istudju tal-ġrajjiet storiċi marbutin mat-tmiem tas-soċjeta mħallta ta' Sqallija Latina Kristjana, ġrajjiet li wasslu fost kollox għall-qerda ta' l-Islam taħt Federiku II. Biswit għażla bejn żewġ estremi, x’aktarx li l-istoriċi jsibu li l-aħjar triq li għandhom jieħdu hija t-triq tannofs. Li wieħed iqis l-esperjenza multikulturali ta’ Sqallija Normanna bħala eżempju tajjeb ta' xi ġlieda bejn ċiviltajiet di$erenti, jaf ikun falsi!kazzjoni ta' l-istorja. Mill-banda l-oħra, li wieħed iqis lil Sqallija Normanna bħala każ ċert ta' għajxien multikulturali li rnexxa, aktarx li jkun qed jixhed twemmin riduzzjonista jekk mhux ukoll falz. Fin-nuqqas ta' qbil dwar l-eżistenza nnifisha ta' din il-benniena multikulturali, id-dibattitu storiku jieħu bixra aktarx artifiċjali. Fil-waqt li x-xbieha ta' Sqallija bħala xi benniena multikulturali m'hix imsejsa għal kollox fit-tagħrif dokumentat, jista' jkun ukoll li !r-riċerka dwar l-aħħar kapitlu ta' l-Islam fil-gżira, il-waqgħa ta' reġim benevolenti mistħajjel li ta wens lil komunitajiet di$erenti biex jgħixu )imkien, jibda jitqies bi żball bħala r-raġuni tattmiem ta' l-hekk imsejħa soċjeta multikulturali Normanna.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History |
| Depositing User: | dr Vincenzo De Luise |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Mar 2015 06:55 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2015 06:56 |
| URI: | http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/1786 |
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