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Title

Sicily and the Sea / editors, Diederik Burgersdijk, Richard Calis, Jorrit Kelder, Alexandra Sofroniew, Sebastiano Tusa, René van Beek ; with contributions by David Abulafia [and 53 others].

Publication

• Zwolle [Netherlands] : W Books ; [Amsterdam] : Allard Pierson Museum, [2015]
• ©2015

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Additional Authors

• Burgersdijk, D. W. P. (Diederik W. P.)
• Calis, Richard
• Kelder, Jorrit M.
• Sofroniew, Alexandra
• Tusa, Sebastiano
• Beek, René van
• Allard Pierson Museum (Universiteit van Amsterdam), collaborating institution.

Description

204 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps; 26 cm.

Summary

Inspired by Sicily's archaeological and cultural treasures, this book offers an overview - or perhaps rather an anthology, since a complete survey, if at all possible, would soon become stifling - of the island's history and culture, paying attention not only to ancient and medieval shipwrecks, battles, economy and art, but also to typically Sicilian traditions (from folk-tales and tuna fishing to mafia fighters), modern politics, and the poets, novelists and filmmakers who lived on Sicily or were inspired by its unique character.

Series Statement

Allard Pierson Museum series ; volume 6

Uniform Title

• Sicilië en de zee. English.
• Allard Pierson Museum series ; v. 6.

Subject

• Allard Pierson Museum (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
• Underwater archaeology > Italy > Sicily
• Ocean and civilization
• Antiquities
• Manners and customs
• Ocean and civilization
• Underwater archaeology
• Mer et civilisation
• Sicily (Italy) > History
• Sicily (Italy) > Social life and customs
• Sicily (Italy) > Antiquities
• Mediterranean Sea > Antiquities
• Italy > Sicily
• Mediterranean Sea
• Sicile (Italie) > Moeurs et coutumes
• Sicile (Italie) > Histoire

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-201).

Language (note)

• Translated from the Dutch

Contents

• Preface. Introduction : Sicily and the Mediterranean world / Diederik Burgersduk -- Sicily's geological archive / Johan Meulenkamp. Chapter 1 Maritime archaeology : Maritime archaeology in Sicily / Floriana Agneto -- Archaeological cultural underwater routes / Alessandra de Caro -- Marble-laden ships / Sebastiano Tusa -- Sicily's submerged structures / Francesca Oliveri -- Methods and techniques in maritime archaeology / Stefano Zangara. Chapter 2 Sicily in pre-and protohistory : Sicily and the sea in prehistory / Jorrit Kelder -- Phoenicians in Sicily / Eleftheria Pappa. Chapter 3 Trade and colonisation : The Greeks in Sicily / Carol Atak -- Sicily, land of cyclops' songs / Jacqueline Klooster -- Demeter on Sicily / Kees Neeft -- Between rivers and seas: aquatic images on Greek coins from Sicily / Paul Beliën -- Sicily and the birth of rhetoric / Casper C. de Jonge -- Archimedes' mastermind / André Klukhuhn -- Temples and community in Greek Sicily / Floris van den Eijnde --
• The shipwreck Gela / Nicolò Bruno -- The shipwreck of Capistello (Lipari) / Adriana Fresina -- The shipwreck Panarea III / Roberto la Rocca. Chapter 4 Carthage and Rome : Sicily and the Punic Wars / Jonathan Prag -- Carthage and the spoils of the Sicilian Wars / Roald Docter -- Sicily under Roman republican rule: Roman province and slave kingdom / David Engels -- Sicily as a refuge / Willem van Maanen -- The fragmentary voices of the sea: Sicily as a stage in Virgil's Aeneid / Siward Tacoma -- Sicily the The Rape of Proserpine by Claudian / Piet Gerbrandy -- Roman Sicily and the sea / Roger J.A. Wilson -- The wrecks of Camarina / Giovanni di Stefano -- The late-Roman shipwreck of the ancient port of Scauri on Pantelleria / Roberto la Rocca -- The Levanzo I shipwreck / Jeffrey Royal. Chapter 5 New powers : Jews and Christians in late antiquity / Leonard V. Rutgers -- Syracuse in the Byzantine period / Wim Aerts -- The Arab conquest of Sicily / Maaike van Berkel --
• Medieval Sicily: an island open on all sides / David Abulafia -- dreams of harmony: multiculturalism and Norman Sicily / David Ruser -- The Marausa wreck / Antonella Testa -- The medieval Arabo-Sicilian shipwreck of Cala Galera at Favignana / Fabrizio Sgroi -- The medieval shipwrecks of Western Sicily / Philppe Tisseyre. Chapter 6 The early-modern period : Tommaso Fazello: the Sicilian Livy / Richard Calis -- Sicily's role in art history: the case of Antonello da Messina / Marieke van den Doel -- Pirandello's house: between movement and standstill / Harald Hendrix -- Michiel de Ruyter in Sicilian waters / Ronald Prud'homme van Reine -- The Risorgimento and the sea / Asker Pelgrom -- The artillery cargo of the Parissona Grossa, discovered at Sciacca / Eliana Mauro. Chapter 7 Sicily in the artistic imagination : Uncovering, preserving and presenting the past: Sicilian archaeology and heritage / Alexandra Sofroniew -- In another country: Sicily on the silver screen / Arthur Weststeijn --
• Rossini's aria that celebrates the love for the Fatherland / Hein van Eekert. Chapter 8 Modern Sicily : The invasion of Sicily in 1943 / Marco Poelwijk -- Landing in Sicily: signs of "Operation Husky" / Emilia Salerno -- The Messina Conference of 1955 / Guido As -- Modern politics in Sicily / Marc Leijendekker -- Sicily and its fishes / Maurizio d'Atri -- Folk-tales: musical stories of people and fish / Vincenzo Castellana. Further reading -- Authors -- Credits.

ISBN

• 9789462581159
• 9462581150
• 9789462581135 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2016445018

OCLC

• 920451222
• SCSB-11983296

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library