The band return with the early medieval southern Italy (include Sicily) is a much more, its steadily changing the contact and border region in the center, is a competing power, traditions, ideas and perceptions. The inclusion of experts from the fields of medieval studies, Byzantine studies, Islamic studies and archeology pursues an interdisciplinary and multi-perspective approach, which corresponds to both local and transregional dimensions. On different sources, the contributions offer new interpretations, opening up further research questions and opening up a variety of approaches.