Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Notes and abbreviations vii
5. Genealogical tables, maps and figures ix
6. Genealogical tables xi
7. Maps xix
8. Introduction 1
9. 1 Muslim expansion into the central Mediterranean 4
10. 2 The consolidation of Muslim authority in Sicily 25
11. 3 Fatimid rule in Sicily 44
12. 4 The civil war and Sicilian ṭā’ifa period 70
13. 5 The Norman conquest of Muslim Sicily 88
14. 6 Muslims under early Norman rule: churches, charters and lordships 112
15. 7 The Muslims in the kingdom of Sicily 141
16. 8 The Normans in Africa 160
17. 9 The Muslim massacres of the 1160s 181
18. 10 Eunuchs, familiars, collaborators and conspirators 193
19. 11 Monreale and the Muslims 209
20. 12 The art of leisure 235
21. 13 The science of power 254
22. 14 The Muslim revolts and the colony at Lucera 275
23. Index 299