The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250: A Literary History

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Chapter 1.Toward a Literary History of the Kingdom of Sicily
Chapter 2. An Archeology of the Sicilian Park
Chapter 3. Frederick II and the Genesis of a Sicilian Romance Culture
Chapter 4. Rereading Le Origini: Sicilian Romance Poetry and the Language of Natural Philosophy
Chapter 5. Beyond Le Origini: Sicilian Romance Poetry in a Feminine Voice
Chapter 6. Vernacularity and Sicilian Culture
Texts in Translation
From the Arabic
	Ibn Hamdis
		“In Youth, the Soul Attains its Desire” (from the Siqilliyyat)
		“Because of long-lasting grief ” (from the Siqilliyyat)
		“Oh, Garden of love”
		“You Tortured me with the Two Elements”
	Abu Musa
		“Oh, Blonde Tribe, my Blood is on Your Hands”
		“My Tears Expose my Love”
		Al-Atrabanishi, “Oh, Favara of the two seas!”
		Al-Buthayri and Ibn Bashrun, “Pass Round the Golden Carnelian-Red [wine]”
		Abu al-Daw’, “The Radiant Moon has been Extinguished”
		Abu Hafs, “He Sought Solace”
		Introduction to al-Idrisi’s Geography
		The Travels of Ibn Jubayr
		The Daughter of Ibn ‘Abbad and Frederick II
	From the Latin
		Henricus Aristippus’s Preface to His Translation of Plato’s Phaedo, ca. 1156
		Preface to a Translation of Ptolemy’s Almagest by an Unknown Translator, ca. 1160
		“Hugo Falcandus” on the Death of William and the Arrival of the Germans
		Peter of Eboli, Lament on the Death of William II
		Frederick II, Hunting with Birds
		Frederick II and Lucera
		The Destruction of Lucera
	From the Old French
		Introduction to the Book of Sydrac
	From the Sicilian
		Giacomo da Lentini
		“Maravigliosamente”
		“Amor non vole”
		“Or Come Pote sí Gran Donna Intrare”
		“A l’aire Claro ò Vista Ploggia Dare”
	Frederick II, “Dolze Meo Drudo”
	Mazzeo di Ricco, “Sei anni ò Travagliato”
	Rinaldo d’Aquino, “Già mai non mi conforto”
	Guido delle Colonne, “Ancor che l’aigua per lo foco lassi”
	Anonymous, “Oi lassa ’namorata”
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments