Muslims in Medieval Northern and Central Italian Latin Historical and Hagiographical Texts (7th - 11th centuries)

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Luigi Andrea Berto is professor of Medieval History at Western Michigan University, USA. His research focuses on Medieval Italy and the Mediterranean, with a special interest in the use of the past in the medieval and modern periods, and the relationships between Christians and Muslims.

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Muslim expansion into the western Mediterranean had a great impact also on Italy. Indeed, Muslims conquered Sicily between 827 and the beginning of the tenth century, and often raided most of the Italian peninsula, taking advantage of the political fragmentation and the factionalism of the Christians. In the central part of the peninsula, the establishment of bases near the mouth of the Garigliano River, and perhaps in Latium, made their attacks more frequent and dangerous. In addition to the detail that in every central and northern Italian chronicle of that period there is at least one reference to the Muslims, the fact that they left a rather deep mark on the memory of that part of the Peninsula is represented in that for some authors from those areas the devastation and ferocity of the Muslims had made them a touchstone by which to measure any violent act or ignominious behavior. Nevertheless, not all inhabitants of north-central Italy always had negative experiences with the Muslims. For example, the Venetians and Pisans traded with them.

Using a chronological and topical approach, this volume presents the Latin text and annotated translation of every reference to Muslims in early medieval northern and central Italian historical and hagiographical texts (7th-11th centuries).

The book will appeal to scholars and students of the Middle Ages interested in Christian-Muslim relations and the image of the Muslims in medieval Europe and medieval Mediterranean.

Inhalt

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Bibliography

1 The Texts

1.1 Life of Pope Martin / Vita Martini papae

1.2 Life of Pope Adeodatus / Vita Adeodati papae

1.3 Life of Pope John V / Vita Iohannis V papae

1.4 Life of Pope Gregory II / Vita Gregorii II papae

1.5 Paul the Deacon, History of the Lombards / Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum

1.6 Life of Pope Zachary / Vita Zachariae papae

History of the Lombards of the Gotha's codex / Historia Langobardorum codicis Gothani

1.8 Life of Walfredus / Vita Walfredi

1.9 Transfer of Mark the Evangelist to Venetias / Translatio Marci Evangelistae Venetias

1.10 Life of Saint Venerius / Vita S. Venerii

1.11 Life of Pope Gregory IV / Vita Gregorii IIII papae

1.12 Life of Pope Sergius II / Vita Sergii II papae

Agnellus of Ravenna, The Book of Pontiffs of the Church of Ravenna / Agnellus Ravennatis, Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis

1.14

1.15 Life of Pope Benedict III / **

1.16 Booklet on the imperial power in city of Rome / Libellus de imperatoria potestate in urbe Roma

1.17 Life of Pope Nicholas / Vita Nicholai papae

1.18 Life of Pope Hadrian II / Vita Hadriani II papae

1.19 Andreas of Bergamo, History / Andreas Bergomensis, Historia

1.20 John the Deacon, Life of Saint Gregory the Great / Ioannes Diaconus, Vita Sancti Gregorii Magni

1.21 Proemium of the Passion of Saint John, bishop of Spoleto / Proemium of Passio sancti Iohannis episcopi Spoletani

1.22 Bonizo, bishop of Sutri, Book for a Friend / Bonizo episcopus Sutriensis, Liber ad amicum

1.23 The Deeds of Emperor Berengar / Gesta Berengarii imperatoris

1.24 Gregory of Catino, The Chronicle of Farfa / Il Chronicon Farfense di Gregorio di Catino

1.25 John Berardi, Book of Documents and Chronicles of Casauria's Monastery and the Chronicle of Casauria / Iohannes Berardi, Liber Instrumentorum seu Chronicorum Monasterii Casauriensis seu Chronicon Casauriense

1.26 Benedict of St. Andreas, Chronicle / Benedictus S. Andreae, Chronicon

The Destruction of Farfa's Monastery, written by his lordship Abbot Hugh / Destructio monasterii Farfensis edita a domno Hugone abbate

1.28 Liudprandus Cremonensis, Antapodosis

1.29

1. 30 Liudprand of Cremona, Report on the embassy to Constantinople / Liudprandus Cremonensis,

1.31

1.32 Life and Miracles of Saint Bononius, abbot of Lucedio / Vita et miracula sancti Bononii abbatis Locediensis

1.33 Peter Damiani, Life of the Blessed Romualdus / Petrus Damiani, Vita beati Romualdi

1.34 John the Deacon, History of the Venetians / Iohannes Diaconus, Istoria Veneticorum

1.35 Life of Saint Ursus the Abbot / Vita sancti Vrsi abbatis

1.36 Mallorcan Book about the deeds of the illustrious Pisans / Liber Maiorichinus de gestis Pisanorum illustribus

1.37 Arnulf of Milan. Book of the Recent Deeds / Arnulfus Mediolanensis, Liber gestorum recentium

1.38 Landulf the Elder, History of Milan / Landulphus Senior, Historia Mediolanensis

1.39 The Pisan Annals by Bernardus Maragone / Gli Annales Pisani di Bernardo Maragone

1.40 Poem on the Victory of the Pisans / Carmen in victoriam Pisanorum

1.41 Donizo, Life of Matilda of Canossa / Donizone, Vita di Matilde di Canossa

2.1 Muslims as divine punishment for Christians' sins

2.2 The interventions of God and of his saints against the Muslims

2.3 Prophecies

2.4 Conversions

2.5 Evaluations of the Muslims as people

2.6 Negative religious epithets

2.7 The devil and the Muslims

2.8 Muslims as barbarians

2.9 Transfers of relics due to Muslim raids

2.10 Muslims fighting for the Christians

2.11 Going to the Muslims

2.12 Violent like, and more than, the Muslims

2.13 References to Muslim characters

2.14 Prisoners

2.15 Trade between Christians and Muslims

2.16 Ethnic-geographical labels

Index