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Al-Idrisi’s Norman Kingdom in the South. The Book of Roger in Translation / Jacka, Katherine; Kzzo, Ahmed; King, Matt; Abdelkarim, Sherif. - (2024).

Al-Idrisi’s Norman Kingdom in the South. The Book of Roger in Translation

Ahmed Fatima Kzzo
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Writing – Review & Editing
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2024
2024
9781802700190
The Book of Roger is a twelfth-century Arabic geographical treatise commissioned by King Roger II of Sicily and compiled by the Muslim polymath al-Idrisi. On its completion in around 1157 it was the most detailed description of the known world produced up to that point. This translation covers Sicily, the seat of King Roger’s government, along with the other parts of the Norman kingdom in the South: southern Italy, the Adriatic, and Ifriqiya, as well as the book’s preface. Presented in English translation for the first time this text offers insight into Roger’s motivation in commissioning such an endeavour, and the relationship between king and scholar. A comprehensive introduction explores what this important work tells us about the Norman kingdom in the South in the Middle Ages, while a series of detailed maps will enhance the reader’s appreciation of the richness of al-Idrisi’s data.
Idrisi; italy; north africa; sicily; arabic manuscript; Norman
03 Monografia::03b Edizione Critica
Al-Idrisi’s Norman Kingdom in the South. The Book of Roger in Translation / Jacka, Katherine; Kzzo, Ahmed; King, Matt; Abdelkarim, Sherif. - (2024).
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