Comments on: Learning and understanding – The Medical School at Salerno/2015/12/01/love-learning-and-understanding/Tales from Italy, Alps, British Isles and FranceSun, 22 Jan 2023 12:34:11 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Sicily – La Sicilia: Mediterranean jewel – The Educated Traveller/2015/12/01/love-learning-and-understanding/comment-page-1/#comment-20095Sun, 17 May 2020 15:42:55 +0000/?p=1917#comment-20095[…] ARABS and NORMANS – As the Roman Empire declined Arab invasions from the east became more common. Sicily was occupied by various groups of traders from Byzantium. They left behind Arabic style churches that looked like mosques, decorated with clusters of ochre domes and surrounded by exotic gardens and palm trees. By the time the Normans arrived on Sicilian shores, allegedly at the request for help from a Byzantine nobleman struggling to keep locals and enemies at bay, there was an opportunity for a determined and ruthless ruling class to take control. The Normans decisively took charge. They extended and enlarged the spectacular Palazzo Normanni in Palermo, which became their official residence and centre of government. In 1130 Roger of Normandy’s son Roger II became King Ruggero II of Sicily. Sicily remained a kingdom until 1816 – almost seven hundred years. The Court of Ruggero II was an edifying place. There was religious tolerance, Christians, Arabs and Jews worked and collaborated together. The King employed the Arab geographer and map-maker Al Idrisi to create a detailed map of the world. It was completed in 1154. Known as the ‘Tabula Rogeriana’ the map was used by both Vasco da Gama and Columbus when they set off on their journeys to explore the seven seas. Visitors to the court commented on it’s cosmopolitan and liberal philosophy. At roughly the same time a botanical and medicinal garden was developed in Salerno, Southern Italy. This garden too was a shining beacon of tolerance and co-operation where medical experts of all religions, both men and women, worked together to expand our knowledge of disease and illness. Learning and understanding – The Medical School at Salerno […]

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]]>By: Janet Simmonds/2015/12/01/love-learning-and-understanding/comment-page-1/#comment-578Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:02:08 +0000/?p=1917#comment-578In reply to Mary Lou Peters.

Thank you Mary Lou – such an important philosophy for life – love and understanding.

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]]>By: Mary Lou Peters/2015/12/01/love-learning-and-understanding/comment-page-1/#comment-576Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:05:19 +0000/?p=1917#comment-576Wonderful thoughts, Janet. I love reading facts written in story form!

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