A vision of Sicily medieval from Catania. Introductory notations
Journal title ARCHIVIO STORICO PER LA SICILIA ORIENTALE
Author/s Henri Bresc
Publishing Year 2021 Issue 2020/2 Language Italian
Pages 30 P. 12-41 File size 262 KB
DOI 10.3280/ASSO2020-002002
DOI is like a bar code for intellectual property: to have more infomation
click here
Below, you can see the article first page
If you want to buy this article in PDF format, you can do it, following the instructions to buy download credits
FrancoAngeli is member of Publishers International Linking Association, Inc (PILA), a not-for-profit association which run the CrossRef service enabling links to and from online scholarly content.
The set of analyzed and published in this catalogue allows to describe some poorly studied but peculiar elements of eastern Sicily, land of rural villages, large estates, vineyards; it helps to analyze its topography, territory organization, varied landscape, and to delineate the social formation, base of its originality and dynamism: a society animated by country knights and "borgesi" rich entrepreneurs. The documents finally help to understand the role of spiritual service played by the clergy and in particular by the double this role clearly appears in the testaments of many exponents of different social classes, within a devotional framework based on the hope of eternal life and faith in the saints communion. monastery of St. Nicholas the Arena and St. Mary of Licodia:
Keywords: eastern Sicily, documents, monastery of St. Nicholas the Arena and St. Mary of Licodia, lay people, clerics, religiosity
Henri Bresc, Uno sguardo da Catania sulla Sicilia medievale. Note introduttive in "ARCHIVIO STORICO PER LA SICILIA ORIENTALE" 2/2020, pp 12-41, DOI: 10.3280/ASSO2020-002002