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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWhere Three Worlds Met is important for helping to understand medieval Sicily. It covers a sweeping chronological scope, not just synthesizing a broad range of scholarship, but also crafting a new lens through which we can view the island.
* The Medieval Review *
Davis-Secord's book represents a valuable contribution to our understanding of medieval Sicily. The synthesis of such a vast body of source material and its situation within the most recent advances in the historiography of the region is quite an achievement indeed.
* Early Medieval Europe *
A very interesting book.... Few scholars today would have dared to undertake such an ambitious project, and students in particular will learn a great deal from this thoughtful and stimulating work.
* American Historical Review *
Davis-Secord's work makes a significant contribution to the way we ought to frame our questions about the medieval Mediterranean and Sicily, in particular.
* Reading Religion *
Davis-Secord explores—imaginatively and successfully—the travel and communication networks produced and experienced by its Byzantine, Muslim, and Norman conquerors.
* Choice *
Sarah Davis-Secord illuminates both the intrinsic importance of Sicily and also the roles it played in larger transformations of the Mediterranean Basin.
* AramcoWorld *
"Where Three Worlds Met" is an apt title for a book that emphasises the role of Sicily as a place of cultural exchange, an island conquered by several groups over its long and fascinating history. Davis-Secord develops this colourful story though a chronological re-telling of important events and trends in the multi-cultural societies that grew there.
* Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association *
Davis-Secord's work makes a signigicant contribution to the way we ought to frame our questions about the medieval Mediterranean and Sicily, in particular.
* The NYMAS Review *
Table of ContentsList of Maps and Illustrationsix
Acknowledgmentsxi
Abbreviationsxiii
Timelinexv
Introduction 1
1.Sicily between Constantinopleand Rome 29
2.Sicily between Byzantium andthe Islamic World 72
3.Sicily in the Dr al-Islm111
4.Sicily from the Dr al-Islm to Latin Christendom174
5.Sicily at the Center of the Mediterranean213
6.Conclusion 242
Bibliography249
Index285
