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VII ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO G. A. COSTANZO Siracusa – Italy

VII ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO G. A. COSTANZO Siracusa – Italy. TOLERANCE IN THE HISTORY OF SICILY. Project n° 2011-1-RO1-COM06-14665-5 Rediscover the Real European Values. IN MIDDLE AGES.

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VII ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO G. A. COSTANZO Siracusa – Italy

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  1. VII ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO G. A. COSTANZOSiracusa – Italy TOLERANCE IN THE HISTORY OF SICILY Project n° 2011-1-RO1-COM06-14665-5 Rediscover the RealEuropeanValues

  2. IN MIDDLE AGES The respectbetweenethnicgroups and religions, thatisanintroductionto the developmentof the idea oftolerance, wasalready a practice in the Middle Ages, particularly in the multiethnic and multiculturalregionssuchasSpain and southern Italy.

  3. THE NORMAN-SVEVIAN DOMINATION In a society thatisbecoming more and more multiethnic and multireligious the South Norman-Svevianisanexampleoftolerance and cultural symbiosisbetweenethnicgroups, religions and differentcultures.

  4. In the Norman Kingdom ofSicilytherewas a realfusionbetweeneastern and western culture. In the sametown, with the native population, youcouldfindArabs and Jews living in the samedistrict, anotherneighbourhoodofFranks and people from Amalfi and Pisa, and harmonyreignedamongthosedifferent people.

  5. Ruggero I (1086-1101) wastolerantof the traditions and customsof the Greeks, Romans and Arabswhocoexisted in Sicily; herespectedlanguages and religions; encouragedimmigration, included the Muslims in a christianarmy.

  6. At the court ofRuggero II (1130-1154) in Palermo religiousfreedom and legalautonomywereguaranteedto the Jewishcommunities.

  7. Federico IIof Svevia (1198- 1250) wascalledstupor mundi becauseheharmonized the latin-germaniccivilization, the sicilian-norman and the arabone. Itwasoneof the moments in whichCristianity and Islam werecloser.

  8. THE JEWSH BATH In Syracuse the neighbourhoodofGiudecca, located in the beauthifulislandofOrtigia, testifiesto the existenceof a Jewish community, from Roman times in 1492, among the oldest and mostpopulousof the Mediterranean.

  9. Nowadays the case ofLampedusaisanexampleoftolerance, openness and humanitytowardsmigrantsarrivingfrom Africa on boardofcrowdedboats.

  10. Sicilyis the gateway toEuropeformanythousandofmigrantsseeking work. A significantnumberofthem stop on the island. • Forexample, Mazara del Valloisinhabitedby a largeTunisian community dedicatedtofishingwho, respectingdifferences, share common valueswith the localpopulation.

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