ABSTRACT This article addresses the relationship between political change and political culture at the end of Norman Sicily. It argues that one distinctive feature of that culture can be brought to light through an examination of the events of the 1190s, as processes of political restructuring gathered pace under the Staufen. The article begins from Peter of Eboli’s Liber ad honorem Augusti. This text depicts a Norman political culture with considerable space for public assembly and interaction between populus and king. This was a model that allowed different religious and linguistic groups to be constituted in direct relationship to the king, without the formal mediation of institutional structures. Indications of a distinctively Norman Sicilian “public sphere” can be found in other texts of the period. Peter offered this to Henry VI, as a model the Staufen emperor could follow to demonstrate the legitimacy of his rule.

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“Reddimus urbem”：诺曼西西里岛末期的公民秩序和公共政治

摘要 本文论述了诺曼西西里岛末期政治变革与政治文化之间的关系。它认为，随着 1190 年代的政治重组进程在 Staufen 领导下加快步伐，可以通过对 1190 年代事件的考察来揭示该文化的一个显着特征。文章从埃博利的彼得·奥古斯丁的自由广告开始。这篇文字描绘了一种诺曼政治文化，具有相当大的公众集会和民众与国王互动的空间。这种模式允许不同的宗教和语言群体与国王建立直接关系，而无需正式的制度结构调解。在该时期的其他文本中可以找到关于诺曼西西里“公共领域”的独特迹象。彼得把这个提供给亨利六世，