IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 224: Memory and Conquest: The Normans in the South
Monday 2 July 2018, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Department of History, Lancaster University |
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Organiser: | John Aspinwall, Department of History, Lancaster University |
Moderator/Chair: | John Aspinwall, Department of History, Lancaster University |
Paper 224-a | The Conquest of Sicily: From Memory to Written Record? (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Language and Literature - Latin, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 224-b | The Norman Conquest of Palermo: Gates and the Tradition of Remembrance (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Historiography - Medieval, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 224-c | Muslim Soldiers in Roger II's Armies (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | The Norman Conquest of Sicily was a decisive moment in which the island of Sicily was drawn into the linguistic, cultural, and religious orbit of Western Europe. From here, the territorial consolidation of the Norman territories would see Norman dominion extended throughout the south Italian peninsula and into Malta and North Africa. In both the medieval and early-modern historiographical traditions, remembrances of these Norman conquests have often been framed by competing and overlapping religious, political, and cultural themes and devices. This session seeks to examine how medieval and early-modern historiographical narratives were constructed and by what means they sought to memorialise the Norman conquests. |