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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2018 Brill hardcover edition. Unread copy in very good condition. Contents: 1. 'Rulers and Elites in Global History: Introductory Observations' by Jeroen Duindam; 2. 'The Court as a Meeting Point: Cohesion, Competition, Control' by Jeroen Duindam; 3. 'Not of This World .? Religious Power and Imperial Rule in Eurasia, ca. Thirteenth - ca. Eighteenth Century' by Peter Rietbergen; 4. 'The Warband in the Making of Eurasian Empires' by Jos Gommans; 5. 'The People of the Pen: Self-Perceptions of Status and Role in the Administration of Empires and Polities' by Maaike van Berkel; 6. 'The Golden Horde, the Spanish Habsburg Monarchy, and the Construction of Ruling Dynasties' by Marie Favereau Doumenjou and Liesbeth Geevers; 7. 'Narratives of Kingship in Fictional Literature' by Richard van Leeuwen; 8. 'Prince, Pen, and Sword: Eurasian Perspectives' by Jeroen Duindam.…
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2017 Brill hardcover edition. Unread copy in very good condition. Contents: 1. 'Rudolph Peters and the History of Modern Egyptian Law' - Khaled Fahmy; 2. 'The Qadis' Justice according to Papyrological Sources (Seventh-Tenth Centuries CE)' - Mathieu Tillier; 3. 'Delegation of Judicial Power in Abbasid Egypt' - Petra M. Sijpesteijn; 4. 'The Mahdi's Legal Opinion as an Instrument of Reform Issues in Divorce, Inheritance, False Accusation of Unlawful Intercourse and Homicide' - Aharon Layish; 5. 'Identifying the 'udul in Fifteenth-Century Granada' - Sergio Carro Martin and Amalia Zomeno; 6. 'Crimes without Criminals? Legal Documents on Fourteenth-Century Injury and Homicide Cases from the Haram Collection in Jerusalem' - Christian Müller; 7. 'From Trash to Treasure Ethnographic Notes on Collecting Legal Documents in Morocco' - Leon Buskens; 8. 'Notes for a Local History of Falsehood' - Brinkley Messick; 9. 'Waqf Documents on the Provision of Water in Mamluk Egypt' - Maaike van Berkel; 10. 'Ottoman Aman Western Ownership of Real Estate and the Politics of Law prior to the Land Code of 1876' - Maurits H. van den Boogert; 11. 'A Comparative Study of Contract Documents Ottoman Syria, Qajar Iran, Central Asia, Qing China and Tokugawa Japan' - Toru Miura. …

Legal Documents as Sources for the History of Muslim Societies: Studies in Honour of Rudolph Peters (Studies in Islamic Law and Society, 42)
Rudolph Peters, Maaike van Berkel (Editor), Léon Buskens (Editor), Petra Sijpesteijn (Editor)
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Hardcover. Condizione: New. xxviii + 303 pages : 24 cm. Summary:This volume is a tribute to the work of legal and social historian and Arabist Rudolph Peters (University of Amsterdam). Presenting case studies from different periods and areas of the Muslim world, the book examines the use of legal documents for the study of the history of Muslim societies. From examinations of the conceptual status of legal documents to comparative studies of the development of legal formulae and the socio-economic or political historical information documents contain, the aim is to approach legal documents as specialised texts belonging to a specific social domain, while simultaneously connecting them to other historical sources. It discusses the daily functioning of legal institutions, the reflections of regime changes on legal documentation, daily life, and the materiality of legal documents. Contributors are Maaike van Berkel, Maurits H. van den Boogert, Léon Buskens, Khaled Fahmy, Aharon Layish, Sergio Carro Martín, Brinkley Messick, Toru Miura, Christian Müller, Petra M. Sijpesteijn, Mathieu Tillier, and Amalia Zomeño.…

Water Management in the Premodern Middle East Forces from "Above" and "Below"
Van Den Bent, Josephine (Author)/ Van Berkel, Maaike (Author)/ Hayes, Edmund (Author)
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Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court : Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32)
Van Berkel, Maaike; El Cheikh, Nadia Maria; Kennedy, Hugh; Osti, Letizia
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Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court
Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Hugh Kennedy, Letizia Osti, Maaike van Berkel
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Hardback. Condizione: New. The reign of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32) is a crucial and controversial epoch in the history of the Abbasid empire. Al-Muqtadir's regime has traditionally been depicted as one of decline, when the political power of the caliphate and the lustre of its capital began to crumble. This book not only offers a substantial investigation of the idea and reality of decline, but also provides new interpretations of the inner workings of the court and the empire. The authors, four specialists of Abbasid history, explore the formal and informal power relationships that shaped politics at the court, involving bureaucrats, military, harem, courtiers and of course al-Muqtadir himself. A study of the topography of Baghdad completes this vivid picture of the court and its capital.…

Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court : Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32)
Van Berkel, Maaike; El Cheikh, Nadia Maria; Kennedy, Hugh; Osti, Letizia
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Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court : Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32)
Van Berkel, Maaike; El Cheikh, Nadia Maria; Kennedy, Hugh; Osti, Letizia
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Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court : Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32)
Van Berkel, Maaike; El Cheikh, Nadia Maria; Kennedy, Hugh; Osti, Letizia
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Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Hugh Kennedy, Letizia Osti, Maaike van Berkel
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Hardback. Condizione: New. The reign of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32) is a crucial and controversial epoch in the history of the Abbasid empire. Al-Muqtadir's regime has traditionally been depicted as one of decline, when the political power of the caliphate and the lustre of its capital began to crumble. This book not only offers a substantial investigation of the idea and reality of decline, but also provides new interpretations of the inner workings of the court and the empire. The authors, four specialists of Abbasid history, explore the formal and informal power relationships that shaped politics at the court, involving bureaucrats, military, harem, courtiers and of course al-Muqtadir himself. A study of the topography of Baghdad completes this vivid picture of the court and its capital.…

Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court: Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of Al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32)
Maaike van Berkel, Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Hugh Kennedy, Letizia Osti
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Condizione: New. Über den AutorMaaike van Berkel, Ph.D. (Amsterdam, 2003) is Associate Professor of Medieval History at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on communication, court and urban history in the medieval Middle Eastern world.

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Hardcover. Condizione: New. Über den AutorMaaike van Berkel is professor of Medieval History at Radboud University. Her research focuses on the social and cultural history of medieval Muslim societies, with a particular interest in literacy, court culture and .

Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court
Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Hugh Kennedy, Letizia Osti, Maaike van Berkel
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Hardback. Condizione: New. The reign of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32) is a crucial and controversial epoch in the history of the Abbasid empire. Al-Muqtadir's regime has traditionally been depicted as one of decline, when the political power of the caliphate and the lustre of its capital began to crumble. This book not only offers a substantial investigation of the idea and reality of decline, but also provides new interpretations of the inner workings of the court and the empire. The authors, four specialists of Abbasid history, explore the formal and informal power relationships that shaped politics at the court, involving bureaucrats, military, harem, courtiers and of course al-Muqtadir himself. A study of the topography of Baghdad completes this vivid picture of the court and its capital.…

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Hardback. Condizione: New. Prince, Pen, and Sword offers a synoptic interpretation of rulers and elites in Eurasia from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. Four core chapters zoom in on the tensions and connections at court, on the nexus between rulers and religious authority, on the status, function, and self-perceptions of military and administrative elites respectively. Two additional concise chapters provide a focused analysis of the construction of specific dynasties (the Golden Horde and the Habsburgs) and narratives of kingship found in fiction throughout Eurasia. The contributors and editors, authorities in their fields, systematically bring together specialised literature on numerous Eurasian kingdoms and empires. This book is a careful and thought-provoking experiment in the global, comparative and connected history of rulers and elites. …

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The reign of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32) is a crucial and controversial epoch in the history of the Abbasid empire. Al-Muqtadir's regime has traditionally been depicted as one of decline, when the political power of the caliphate and the lustre of its capital began to crumble. This book not only offers a substantial investigation of the idea and reality of decline, but also provides new interpretations of the inner workings of the court and the empire. The authors, four specialists of Abbasid history, explore the formal and informal power relationships that shaped politics at the court, involving bureaucrats, military, harem, courtiers and of course al-Muqtadir himself. A study of the topography of Baghdad completes this vivid picture of the court and its capital.…

Legal Documents as Sources for the History of Muslim Societies : Studies in Honour of Rudolph Peters
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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This volume is a tribute to the work of legal and social historian and Arabist Rudolph Peters (University of Amsterdam). Presenting case studies from different periods and areas of the Muslim world, the book examines the use of legal documents for the study of the history of Muslim societies. From examinations of the conceptual status of legal documents to comparative studies of the development of legal formulae and the socio-economic or political historical information documents contain, the aim is to approach legal documents as specialised texts belonging to a specific social domain, while simultaneously connecting them to other historical sources. It discusses the daily functioning of legal institutions, the reflections of regime changes on legal documentation, daily life, and the materiality of legal documents.Contributors are Maaike van Berkel, Maurits H. van den Boogert, Léon Buskens, Khaled Fahmy, Aharon Layish, Sergio Carro Martín, Brinkley Messick, Toru Miura, Christian Müller, Petra M. Sijpesteijn, Mathieu Tillier, and Amalia Zomeño.…

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Condizione: New. KlappentextThe Historian of Islam at Work offers thirty contributions in the field of pre-modern Middle Eastern studies, covering the many areas of Islamic historical inquiry in which Hugh Kennedy has been active throughout his ca.

Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court
Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Hugh Kennedy, Letizia Osti, Maaike van Berkel
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Hardback. Condizione: New. The reign of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32) is a crucial and controversial epoch in the history of the Abbasid empire. Al-Muqtadir's regime has traditionally been depicted as one of decline, when the political power of the caliphate and the lustre of its capital began to crumble. This book not only offers a substantial investigation of the idea and reality of decline, but also provides new interpretations of the inner workings of the court and the empire. The authors, four specialists of Abbasid history, explore the formal and informal power relationships that shaped politics at the court, involving bureaucrats, military, harem, courtiers and of course al-Muqtadir himself. A study of the topography of Baghdad completes this vivid picture of the court and its capital.…

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Hardback. Condizione: New. Prince, Pen, and Sword offers a synoptic interpretation of rulers and elites in Eurasia from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. Four core chapters zoom in on the tensions and connections at court, on the nexus between rulers and religious authority, on the status, function, and self-perceptions of military and administrative elites respectively. Two additional concise chapters provide a focused analysis of the construction of specific dynasties (the Golden Horde and the Habsburgs) and narratives of kingship found in fiction throughout Eurasia. The contributors and editors, authorities in their fields, systematically bring together specialised literature on numerous Eurasian kingdoms and empires. This book is a careful and thought-provoking experiment in the global, comparative and connected history of rulers and elites. …

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Hardback. Condizione: New. Prince, Pen, and Sword offers a synoptic interpretation of rulers and elites in Eurasia from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. Four core chapters zoom in on the tensions and connections at court, on the nexus between rulers and religious authority, on the status, function, and self-perceptions of military and administrative elites respectively. Two additional concise chapters provide a focused analysis of the construction of specific dynasties (the Golden Horde and the Habsburgs) and narratives of kingship found in fiction throughout Eurasia. The contributors and editors, authorities in their fields, systematically bring together specialised literature on numerous Eurasian kingdoms and empires. This book is a careful and thought-provoking experiment in the global, comparative and connected history of rulers and elites. …

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Historian of Islam at Work is a volume in honor of Hugh N. Kennedy. It offers thirty contributions by three generations of prominent scholars in the field of pre-modern Middle Eastern studies, covering the many areas of Islamic historical inquiry in which Hugh Kennedy has been active throughout his career. Grouped around four major themes - Caliphate and power, economy and society, Abbasids, and frontiers and the others - the contributions deal with the history, archaeology, architecture and literature of the Middle East, North Africa and beyond, from the time of the Prophet until the fifteenth century.…

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Hardback. Condizione: New. Prince, Pen, and Sword offers a synoptic interpretation of rulers and elites in Eurasia from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. Four core chapters zoom in on the tensions and connections at court, on the nexus between rulers and religious authority, on the status, function, and self-perceptions of military and administrative elites respectively. Two additional concise chapters provide a focused analysis of the construction of specific dynasties (the Golden Horde and the Habsburgs) and narratives of kingship found in fiction throughout Eurasia. The contributors and editors, authorities in their fields, systematically bring together specialised literature on numerous Eurasian kingdoms and empires. This book is a careful and thought-provoking experiment in the global, comparative and connected history of rulers and elites. …

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Prince, Pen, and Sword offers a synoptic interpretation of rulers and elites in Eurasia from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. Four core chapters zoom in on the tensions and connections at court, on the nexus between rulers and religious authority, on the status, function, and self-perceptions of military and administrative elites respectively. Two additional concise chapters provide a focused analysis of the construction of specific dynasties (the Golden Horde and the Habsburgs) and narratives of kingship found in fiction throughout Eurasia. The contributors and editors, authorities in their fields, systematically bring together specialised literature on numerous Eurasian kingdoms and empires. This book is a careful and thought-provoking experiment in the global, comparative and connected history of rulers and elites.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume analyses water management in pre-1500 Middle Eastern cities. Managing access to fresh water for large numbers of people has always been great challenge. Nevertheless, premodern societies of the Middle East and North Africa were rather successful in providing water to city dwellers, pilgrims and travellers in and around large and highly populated cities such as Cairo, Damascus, Baghdad, Samarra, Basra, and Medina. The contributions to this volume delve into the question of how this was accomplished by examining the intersection between social institutions and the physical reality of water use. These studies analyse the identity and interactions between many different players and stakeholders in water management in cities. Who was responsible for the building, management and maintenance of different elements in premodern waters systems Who had access to that water The volume focuses on the sometimes fraught relationships between forces from 'above'-central authorities, formal institutions and elites-and forces from 'below'- more informal practices within local communities. This volume maps a wide variety of physical infrastructures related to water management to be found in densely populated or travelled areas. At the same time, it explores the multitude of social institutions which mediated the distribution of water to medieval urban and rural populaces. Thus, water management provides a microcosm for the wider mechanisms and evolutions of premodern urban governance and its interactions with rural hinterlands. By bringing together a wide range of scholars working on different aspects of these issues, in different contexts and at different times, this volume makes an important new contribution to our understanding of how water was distributed, regulated, and used by urban populations in premodern societies. 298 pp. Englisch.…