Frederick II, the Baptized Sultan of Sicily, Bridge-maker between Italian and Arab culture
Subject Area
Classical Studies
Abstract
Between 1220 and 1250, Lucera in Puglia, was the cultural heart not only of the Holy Roman Empire but also of the Italian peninsula, of Sicily and the Middle East. Its Emperor and King was Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. The languages spoken at his court were Arabic, French, Greek, German, Hebrew, Italian, Latin and Sicilian.
Frederick transferred to Naples the oldest Western School, the Ninth Century Scuola Medica Salernitana, founding the current Università di Napoli in 1224. Between 1230 and 1250, he developed the poetic Scuola Siciliana, where, the Emperor, a poet himself, preceded Dante’s popular eloquence. This took place while the Arabic culture, philosophy and politics was studied and implemented by this world’s wonder.
Brief Bio Note
MARIA GIOVANNA SIMONELLI Ph.D.
Prof. of Italian and Latin for 20 years at
Monmouth University
Department of World Languages & Cultures
Plangere Center Room 124
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
Keywords
Italian, Latin, Literature, Culture, Diversity, History
Location
Room 212
Presentation Year
2017
Start Date
3-24-2017 4:00 PM
Embargo
8-29-2016
Recommended Citation
Simonelli, Maria G., "Frederick II, the Baptized Sultan of Sicily, Bridge-maker between Italian and Arab culture" (2017). South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL). 67.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/seccll/2017/2017/67
Frederick II, the Baptized Sultan of Sicily, Bridge-maker between Italian and Arab culture
Room 212
Between 1220 and 1250, Lucera in Puglia, was the cultural heart not only of the Holy Roman Empire but also of the Italian peninsula, of Sicily and the Middle East. Its Emperor and King was Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. The languages spoken at his court were Arabic, French, Greek, German, Hebrew, Italian, Latin and Sicilian.
Frederick transferred to Naples the oldest Western School, the Ninth Century Scuola Medica Salernitana, founding the current Università di Napoli in 1224. Between 1230 and 1250, he developed the poetic Scuola Siciliana, where, the Emperor, a poet himself, preceded Dante’s popular eloquence. This took place while the Arabic culture, philosophy and politics was studied and implemented by this world’s wonder.
