Canadian Journal of History, December 1st, 2004
Roger II of Sicily: A Ruler between East and West, by Hubert Houben, translated by Graham A. Loud and Diane Milburn. Cambridge Medieval Textbooks. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002. xxv, 231 pp. $60.00 US (cloth), $21.99 US (paper).
"One can only live well in the clear shadow of Sicily, under the rule of a prince who eclipses that of the Caesars!" ('Abd ar-Rahmfin ibn Muhammed ibn 'Umar, p. 107). The sentiments of the twelfth-century Koran reciter are infectious in this excellent overview of the reign of Roger II (1105-54) and the early history of the Kingdom of Sicily. They also ...
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