ABSTRACT
The anonymous Salernitan chronicler lived in a tragic period for the history of Salerno. The family that had ruled the city for over a century was deposed because of the betrayals of some of the prince of Salerno’s relatives. The chronicler was so sensitive to treachery and the necessity to keep faith with any agreements that he recounts the following episode. After establishing a non-aggression pact with the Muslims, the Salernitans secretly took up arms to attack them. A variegated image of the Muslims is also present in Theodosius’s account about his captivity. According to the Sicilian monk, a few of Allah’s followers convinced a fanatical group of their coreligionists to abandon their plan to sacrifice the archbishop of Syracuse, explaining that such an action was actually against Islam.
