| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 435 pages) : maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The medieval Mediterranean ; volume 101
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Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 101.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Western -- Islamic influences.
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Civilization, Western -- Islamic influences. |
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Islamic civilization -- Western influences.
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Islamic civilization -- Western influences. |
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Islamic law -- History.
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Islamic law. |
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Law -- History.
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History. |
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East and West.
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Law. |
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East and West. |
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HISTORY -- World. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Law. |
| Added Author |
Hudson, John, 1962-
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Rodríguez López, Ana.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Diverging paths? 9789004277366 (DLC) 2014020412 (OCoLC)881591822 |
| ISBN |
9789004277878 (electronic book) |
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9004277870 (electronic book) |
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9789004277366 |
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9004277366 |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004277878. |
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