In the late eleventh century, Sicily - originally part of the
Islamic world - was captured by Norman, French and Italian
adventurers, led by Roger de Hauteville. For the next 150 years,
Roger and his descendants ruled the island and its predominantly
Arabic-speaking Muslim population. Jeremy Johns' 2002 book
represents a comprehensive account of the Arabic administration of
Norman Sicily. While it has generally been assumed that the Normans
simply inherited their Arabic administration from the Muslim
governors of the island, the author uses the unique Sicilian Arabic
documents to demonstrate that the Norman kings restructured their
administration on the model of the contemporary administration of
Fatimid Egypt. Controversially, he also suggests that, in doing so,
their intention was not administrative efficiency but the
projection of their royal image. This is a compelling and
accessible account of the Norman rulers and how they related to
their counterparts in the Muslim Mediterranean.
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