Alex Metcalfe
Biographic Data
| ID | 3663399 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Metcalfe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Metcalfe |
| SIGNATURE | METCALFE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8530-0958 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Messaging and Memory
Orientation in Three Spheres
This paper investigates the development of land registry traditions in the medieval Mediterranean by examining a distinctive aspect of Latin, Greek and Arabic formularies used in boundary clauses. The paper makes particular reference to Islamic and Norman Sicily. The argument begins by recalling that the archetypal way of defining limits according to Classical Roman land surveyors was to begin ab oriente . Many practices from Antiquity were disco…
The Muslims of Medieval Italy
Explores Arab-Muslim rule and society in Sicily and south Italy from 800 to 1300 GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748620081); This significant work focuses on the formation and disintegration of Arab-Muslim rule and society in Sicily and south Italy between 800 and 1300 which led to the creation of an enduring Muslim-Christian frontier during the age of the Crusades. It examines the long and short-term impact of Islamic authority and cultur…
Muslims of Medieval Italy
The Society of Norman Italy
This book is a wide-ranging collection of essays about different aspects of the society of southern Italy and Sicily from the eleventh through to the thirteenth centuries. Of the eleven contributors, seven are from Continental Europe, most of whom have never before published in English. The volume devotes particular attention to the evolution of the social structure, to regional differences, the Church, and to the position of Greek and Arabic Chr…
Muslims and Christians in Norman Sicily
The social, religious and linguistic history of medieval Sicily is both intriguing and complex. For several centuries prior to the Muslim invasion of 827, the Christian islanders had spoken dialects of either Latin or Greek. On the arrival of the Normans around the year 1060, Arabic was the dominant language and Islam the dominant religion. But by 1250, Sicily was again almost exclusively Christian with the Romance dialects of more recent settler…
The mystery at Chùrchuro
Immediately after his successful conquest of Muslim Sicily (1060-92), Roger de Hauteville set about dividing the spoils amongst the small band of Norman, French and Italian knights who were his closest followers. This distribution of the land of Sicily and its inhabitants was in part based upon the fiscal documents of the Muslim administration, which were salvaged and adapted to post-conquest circumstances by a small cadre of Greek bureaucrats im…
The mystery at Chùrchuro
Immediately after his successful conquest of Muslim Sicily (1060-92), Roger de Hauteville set about dividing the spoils amongst the small band of Norman, French and Italian knights who were his closest followers. This distribution of the land of Sicily and its inhabitants was in part based upon the fiscal documents of the Muslim administration, which were salvaged and adapted to post-conquest circumstances by a small cadre of Greek bureaucrats im…
Orientation in Three Spheres
This paper investigates the development of land registry traditions in the medieval Mediterranean by examining a distinctive aspect of Latin, Greek and Arabic formularies used in boundary clauses. The paper makes particular reference to Islamic and Norman Sicily. The argument begins by recalling that the archetypal way of defining limits according to Classical Roman land surveyors was to begin ab oriente . Many practices from Antiquity were disco…
The mystery at Chùrchuro
Immediately after his successful conquest of Muslim Sicily (1060-92), Roger de Hauteville set about dividing the spoils amongst the small band of Norman, French and Italian knights who were his closest followers. This distribution of the land of Sicily and its inhabitants was in part based upon the fiscal documents of the Muslim administration, which were salvaged and adapted to post-conquest circumstances by a small cadre of Greek bureaucrats im…
The Society of Norman Italy
This book is a wide-ranging collection of essays about different aspects of the society of southern Italy and Sicily from the eleventh through to the thirteenth centuries. Of the eleven contributors, seven are from Continental Europe, most of whom have never before published in English. The volume devotes particular attention to the evolution of the social structure, to regional differences, the Church, and to the position of Greek and Arabic Chr…
Muslims and Christians in Norman Sicily
The social, religious and linguistic history of medieval Sicily is both intriguing and complex. For several centuries prior to the Muslim invasion of 827, the Christian islanders had spoken dialects of either Latin or Greek. On the arrival of the Normans around the year 1060, Arabic was the dominant language and Islam the dominant religion. But by 1250, Sicily was again almost exclusively Christian with the Romance dialects of more recent settler…
The Muslims of Medieval Italy
Explores Arab-Muslim rule and society in Sicily and south Italy from 800 to 1300 GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748620081); This significant work focuses on the formation and disintegration of Arab-Muslim rule and society in Sicily and south Italy between 800 and 1300 which led to the creation of an enduring Muslim-Christian frontier during the age of the Crusades. It examines the long and short-term impact of Islamic authority and cultur…
Muslims of Medieval Italy
Orientation in Three Spheres
This paper investigates the development of land registry traditions in the medieval Mediterranean by examining a distinctive aspect of Latin, Greek and Arabic formularies used in boundary clauses. The paper makes particular reference to Islamic and Norman Sicily. The argument begins by recalling that the archetypal way of defining limits according to Classical Roman land surveyors was to begin ab oriente . Many practices from Antiquity were disco…
Messaging and Memory
Ancient history (5 works) · History (5 works) · Classics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (3 works) · Islam (3 works) · Medieval History and Crusades (3 works) · Medieval Literature and History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)