| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 435 pages) : maps |
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The medieval Mediterranean ; volume 101 |
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Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 101.
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| Contents |
Comparing medieval institutions: a few introductory remarks/ Gadi Algazi -- 2. Institutionalisation between theory and practice: comparative approaches to medieval Islamic and late Roman law / Caroline Humfress -- 3. The Ḥisba, the Muḥtasib and the Struggle over Political Power and a Moral Economy: An Enquiry into Institutions / Eduardo Manzano and Susana Narotzky -- 4. Codification in Byzantium from Justinian to Leo VI / Bernard H. Stolte -- 5. Codification in the Western Middle Ages / Emanuele Conte and Magnus Ryan -- 6. Codifying the Law: The Case of the Medieval Islamic West / Maribel Fierro -- 7. Law and Codification Conclusion / John Hudson -- 8. The Cost of States: Politics and Exactions in the Christian West (Sixth to Fifteenth Centuries) / Sandra Caracci and Simone McOllavini -- 9. Landholding and Law in the Early Islamic State / Hugh Kennedy -- 10. The Mobilisation of Fiscal Resources in the Byzantine Empire: (Eighth to Eleventh Centuries) / Vivien Prigent -- 11. State, Aggregation of the Elites and Redistribution of Resources in Sicily in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries -- Proposals for a new interpretation / Annliese Nef -- 12. Resources and Power -- Conclusion / Eduardo Manzano -- 13. The Palace Complex / Stuart Airlie -- 14. Palaces, Itineraries and Political Order in the Post-Carolingian Kingdoms / Simon MacLean -- 15. Monasteries: Institutionalisation and Organisation of Space in the Byzantine world until the end of the twelfth century / Michel Kaplan -- 16. The institutionalisation of Abbasid ceremonial / Nadia Maria El Cheikh -- 17. Palaces and Places: Conclusion / Ana Rodriguez -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Diverging Paths? provides a wide-ranging comparative analysis of institutions, power, and social relations in medieval Christendom and Islam |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Civilization, Western -- Islamic influences.
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Islamic civilization -- Western influences.
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Islamic law -- History
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Law -- History.
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East and West.
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Jurisprudence -- History.
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HISTORY -- World.
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Jurisprudence
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Civilization, Western -- Islamic influences
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East and West
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Islamic civilization -- Western influences
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Islamic law
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Law
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hudson, John, 1962-
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Rodríguez López, Ana
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| ISBN |
9789004277878 |
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9004277870 |
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