Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Burkhardt, Stefan
• Foerster, Thomas

Titel

The Graeco-Byzantine Heritage in the Norman Kingdom of Sicily

Ist Teil von

• Norman Tradition and Transcultural Heritage, 2013, p.63-83

Ort / Verlag

United Kingdom: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The concept of a third space may be an alternative to the concept of homogenous ethnic identities. Instead of emphasizing the contrast of traditional and foreign culture, it focuses on its changes and provides new opportunities for current and future studies. This concept contains aspects that we can also observe in the forms and terminology of the documents of Roger I and Roger II. The examination of the charters and chancery offers a new way in which to explore Norman identity, third spaces and transcultural heritage in southern Italy and Sicily. Furthermore, it provides information about the interrelation of heritage and political necessity, or about examples of the creative transformation of local traditions. The tradition of the charters of Roger I is poor, not only due to the fact that many early documents were written on paper. Many documents survive only as copies on parchment from the twelfth to thirteenth centuries or as later Latin translations of Greek originals.