This chapter proposes an analysis of some significant passages of the Chronicle of Ramon Muntaner related to Sicily, which at the time of the Sicilian Vespers found itself at the centre of the political and military conflicts of the Mediterranean. Comparing Muntaner's description of these episodes with the chronicles of his main Sicilian contemporaries makes it possible to point out some characteristics of the Catalan chronicler's ideological position, in his selection and presentation of topics and his choice of narratives strategies
Si propone l’analisi di alcuni passi significativi della Crònica di Ramon Muntaner riguardanti la Sicilia, che al tempo della guerra del Vespro si trovava al centro dei conflitti politici e militari del Mediterraneo. Il confronto fra la presentazione che di tali episodi offre Muntaner e quella che danno le principali cronache siciliane coeve, infatti, consente di rilevare alcune peculiarità del cronista catalano, nell’impostazione ideologica, nella selezione e presentazione degli argomenti e nelle strategie narrative.
Ramon Muntaner e il regno di Sicilia
COLLETTA, PIETRO
2019-01-01
Abstract
This chapter proposes an analysis of some significant passages of the Chronicle of Ramon Muntaner related to Sicily, which at the time of the Sicilian Vespers found itself at the centre of the political and military conflicts of the Mediterranean. Comparing Muntaner's description of these episodes with the chronicles of his main Sicilian contemporaries makes it possible to point out some characteristics of the Catalan chronicler's ideological position, in his selection and presentation of topics and his choice of narratives strategiesI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.