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Michele Amari
1806–1889
A Sicilian patriot and scholar, he helped reshape how readers understood medieval Sicily and the famous Sicilian Vespers. His work joined political passion with deep historical research, and he also became an important early European scholar of Arabic sources on Sicily.
6 Audiobooks
La guerra del Vespro Siciliano vol. 1 Un periodo delle storie Siciliane del secolo XIII
by Michele Amari
La guerra del Vespro Siciliano vol. 2 Un periodo delle storie Siciliane del secolo XIII
by Michele Amari
Storia dei musulmani di Sicilia, vol. III, parte I
by Michele Amari
Storia dei musulmani di Sicilia, vol. III, parte II
by Michele Amari
Storia dei musulmani di Sicilia, vol. II
by Michele Amari
Storia dei musulmani di Sicilia, vol. I
by Michele Amari
About the author
Born in Palermo in 1806, Michele Amari grew into one of the leading Sicilian intellectuals of the nineteenth century. He was active in liberal and patriotic politics as well as scholarship, and his opposition to Bourbon rule pushed him into exile for a time before he returned to public life during the upheavals of the Italian Risorgimento.
Amari is best remembered for his historical writing on Sicily, especially his work on the Sicilian Vespers, which challenged older legends and treated the event with a more critical, document-based approach. He also became a respected orientalist, studying Arabic language and sources to illuminate Sicily's medieval past and the island's long connections with the Islamic world.
Alongside his work as a historian, he served the new Kingdom of Italy in public office, including as minister of education. He died in Florence in 1889, leaving behind a reputation as both a committed patriot and a careful scholar whose books helped broaden the study of Sicilian and Mediterranean history.