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Author : Gene W. Heck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Medieval Muslim Money written by Gene W. Heck and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yossef Rapoport
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139444816
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Marriage, Money and Divorce in Medieval Islamic Society written by Yossef Rapoport and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-04-21 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High rates of divorce, often taken to be a modern and western phenomenon, were also typical of medieval Islamic societies. By pitting these high rates of divorce against the Islamic ideal of marriage,Yossef Rapoport radically challenges usual assumptions about the legal inferiority of Muslim women and their economic dependence on men. He argues that marriages in late medieval Cairo, Damascus and Jerusalem had little in common with the patriarchal models advocated by jurists and moralists. The transmission of dowries, women's access to waged labour, and the strict separation of property between spouses made divorce easy and normative, initiated by wives as often as by their husbands. This carefully researched work of social history is interwoven with intimate accounts of individual medieval lives, making for a truly compelling read. It will be of interest to scholars of all disciplines concerned with the history of women and gender in Islam.
Author : John Haldon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317094247
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Money, Power and Politics in Early Islamic Syria written by John Haldon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transformation of the eastern provinces of the Roman empire from the middle of the seventh century CE under the impact of Islam has attracted a good deal of scholarly attention in recent years, and as more archaeological material becomes available, has been subject to revision and rethinking in ways that radically affect what we know or understand about the area, about state-building and the economy and society of the early Islamic world, and about issues such as urbanisation, town-country relations, the ways in which a different religious culture impacted on the built environment, and about politics. This volume represents the fruits of a workshop held at Princeton University in May 2007 to discuss the ways in which recent work has affected our understanding of the nature of economic and exchange activity in particular, and the broader implications of these advances for the history of the region.
Author : Nurit Tsafrir
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108498647
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Collective Liability in Islam written by Nurit Tsafrir and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a close analysis of theʿAqila, a group collectively liable for blood money payments, in Islamic law and history.
Author : Andrew S. Ehrenkreutz
Publisher : Variorum Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Monetary Change and Economic History in the Medieval Muslim World written by Andrew S. Ehrenkreutz and published by Variorum Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Ehrenkreutz is one of the scholars who have placed the study of monetary history of the medieval Middle East on a new footing, integrating numismatic research into the study of economic history. The present volume brings together all his major contributions to this subject. It opens with three essays presenting an overview of economic and monetary changes in the region, then continues with a series of detailed studies on its gold and silver coinages; in these Ehrenkreutz's work on standards of fineness broke new ground. The chronological focus of the volume is from the Umayyad period up to the Ayyubids, but particular emphasis is given to Egypt and to the impact of the Crusades on the monetary history of the Near East. A further set of articles investigates aspects of fiscal administration and the operation of the Cairo mint."
Author : Nurit Tsafrir
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108580432
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Collective Liability in Islam written by Nurit Tsafrir and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering the first close study of the ʿAqila, a group collectively liable for blood money payments on behalf of a member who committed an accidental homicide, Nurit Tsafrir analyses the group's transformation from a pre-Islamic custom to an institution of the Shari'a, and its further evolution through medieval and post medieval Islamic law and society. Having been an essential factor in the maintenance of social order within Muslim societies, the ʿAqila is the intersection between legal theory and practice, between Islamic law and religion, and between Islamic law and the state. Tracing the history of the ʿAqila, this study reveals how religious values, state considerations and social organization have participated in shaping and reshaping this central institution, which still concerns contemporary Muslim scholars.
Author : Peter Spufford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521375900
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (759 download)
Download or read book Money and Its Use in Medieval Europe written by Peter Spufford and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a full-scale study that explores every aspect of money in Europe and the Middle Ages.
Author : Megan H. Reid
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107067111
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Law and Piety in Medieval Islam written by Megan H. Reid and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-22 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ayyubid and Mamluk periods were two of the most intellectually vibrant in Islamic history. Megan H. Reid's book, which traverses three centuries from 1170 to 1500, recovers the stories of medieval men and women who were renowned not only for their intellectual prowess but also for their devotional piety. Through these stories, the book examines trends in voluntary religious practice that have been largely overlooked in modern scholarship. This type of piety was distinguished by the pursuit of God's favor through additional rituals, which emphasized the body as an instrument of worship, and through the rejection of worldly pleasures, and even society itself. Using an array of sources including manuals of law, fatwa collections, chronicles, and obituaries, the book shows what it meant to be a good Muslim in the medieval period and how Islamic law helped to define holy behavior. In its concentration on personal piety, ritual, and ethics the book offers an intimate perspective on medieval Islamic society.
Author : Jere L. Bacharach
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN 13 : 9789774249303
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (493 download)
Download or read book Islamic History Through Coins written by Jere L. Bacharach and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can one discover through the study of medieval Islamic coins? It appears that the regular gold dinars and silver dirhams issued by the Ikhshidid rulers of Egypt and Palestine (935-69) followed a series of understood but unwritten rules. As the first part of this book reveals, these norms involved whose names could appear on the regular currency, where the names could be placed (based upon a strict hierarchical order), and even which parts of a Muslim name could be included. The founder of the dynasty, Muhammad ibn Tughj, could use the honorific al-Ikhshid; his eldest son and successor could use his teknonym Abu al-Qasim; his brother, the third ruler, could use only his name Ali; and the eunuch Kafur, effective ruler of Egypt for over twenty years, could never inscribe his name on the regular coinage. At the same time, each one of these rulers was named in the Friday sermon and most had their teknonym inscribed on textiles. Presentation coins, the equivalent of modern commemorative pieces, could break all these rules, and a wide variety of titles appeared, as well as a series of coins with human representation. The second half of the book is a catalogue of over 1,200 specimens, enabling curators, collectors, and dealers to identify coins in their own collections and their relative rarity. Throughout the book numismatic pieces are illustrated, along with commentary on their inscriptions, layout, and metallic content.
Author : Abraham L. Udovitch
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400820472
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Partnership and Profit in Medieval Islam written by Abraham L. Udovitch and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-29 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the point of view of economic history, the ideal way to study any institution of commercial law would be to compare the information contained in legal codes and treatises with the material relating to its application in economic life as manifested by actual contracts, letters, and business records found in archives and other repositories. In the case of the early centuries of the Islamic period, available sources unfortunately preclude such a procedure. Theoretical legal texts exist in abundance, but any corresponding documentary material is for all practical purposes non-extant. In order to determine if the framework in which the trade and commerce of the early Islamic period was carried on--a trade known to have been active and important--we must of necessity rely on legal treatises for most of our information, which trying wherever possible to call upon whatever meager help other literary sources may provide. In the absence of documentary and similar sources, the possibility of investigating the quantitative aspects of trade is all but eliminated. However, in those areas of trade which have been described as qualitative, such as the variety of goods exchanged, the specialization of the merchant class, and the complexity of business methods, legal and other literary sources provide a great deal of valuable information. It is with the institutions of partnership and commenda in the early Islamic period, two of the qualitative components of trade, that Abraham L. Udovitch makes his primary focus in Partnership and Profit in Medieval Islam.
Author : Christophe Picard
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674660463
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (746 download)
Download or read book Sea of the Caliphs written by Christophe Picard and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-21 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christophe Picard recounts the adventures of Muslim sailors who competed with Greek and Latin seamen for control of the 7th-century Mediterranean. By the time Christian powers took over trade routes in the 13th century, a Muslim identity that operated within, and in opposition to, Europe had been shaped by encounters across the sea of the caliphs.
Author : Jared Rubin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110703681X
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Rulers, Religion, and Riches written by Jared Rubin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-16 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to explain the political and religious factors leading to the economic reversal of fortunes between Europe and the Middle East.
Author : Lilia Zaouali
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520261747
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Medieval Cuisine of the Islamic World written by Lilia Zaouali and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-09-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vinegar and sugar, dried fruit, rose water, spices from India and China, sweet wine made from raisins and dates—these are the flavors of the golden age of Arab cuisine. This book, a delightful culinary adventure that is part history and part cookbook, surveys the gastronomical art that developed at the Caliph's sumptuous palaces in ninth-and tenth-century Baghdad, drew inspiration from Persian, Greco-Roman, and Turkish cooking, and rapidly spread across the Mediterranean. In a charming narrative, Lilia Zaouali brings to life Islam's vibrant culinary heritage. The second half of the book gathers an extensive selection of original recipes drawn from medieval culinary sources along with thirty-one contemporary recipes that evoke the flavors of the Middle Ages. Featuring dishes such as Chicken with Walnuts and Pomegranate, Beef with Pistachios, Bazergan Couscous, Lamb Stew with Fresh Apricots, Tuna and Eggplant Purée with Vinegar and Caraway, and Stuffed Dates, the book also discusses topics such as cookware, utensils, aromatic substances, and condiments, making it both an entertaining read and an informative resource for anyone who enjoys the fine art of cooking.
Author : Timur Kuran
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400836018
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Long Divergence written by Timur Kuran and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-11 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How religious barriers stalled capitalism in the Middle East In the year 1000, the economy of the Middle East was at least as advanced as that of Europe. But by 1800, the region had fallen dramatically behind—in living standards, technology, and economic institutions. In short, the Middle East had failed to modernize economically as the West surged ahead. What caused this long divergence? And why does the Middle East remain drastically underdeveloped compared to the West? In The Long Divergence, one of the world's leading experts on Islamic economic institutions and the economy of the Middle East provides a new answer to these long-debated questions. Timur Kuran argues that what slowed the economic development of the Middle East was not colonialism or geography, still less Muslim attitudes or some incompatibility between Islam and capitalism. Rather, starting around the tenth century, Islamic legal institutions, which had benefitted the Middle Eastern economy in the early centuries of Islam, began to act as a drag on development by slowing or blocking the emergence of central features of modern economic life—including private capital accumulation, corporations, large-scale production, and impersonal exchange. By the nineteenth century, modern economic institutions began to be transplanted to the Middle East, but its economy has not caught up. And there is no quick fix today. Low trust, rampant corruption, and weak civil societies—all characteristic of the region's economies today and all legacies of its economic history—will take generations to overcome. The Long Divergence opens up a frank and honest debate on a crucial issue that even some of the most ardent secularists in the Muslim world have hesitated to discuss.
Author : Rachel M. McCleary
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199781281
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Religion written by Rachel M. McCleary and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a one-of-kind volume bringing together leading scholars in the economics of religion for the first time. The treatment of topics is interdisciplinary, comparative, as well as global in nature. Scholars apply the economics of religion approach to contemporary issues such as immigrants in the United States and ask historical questions such as why did Judaism as a religion promote investment in education? The economics of religion applies economic concepts (for example, supply and demand) and models of the market to the study of religion. Advocates of the economics of religion approach look at ways in which the religion market influences individual choices as well as institutional development. For example, economists would argue that when a large denomination declines, the religion is not supplying the right kind of religious good that appeals to the faithful. Like firms, religions compete and supply goods. The economics of religion approach using rational choice theory, assumes that all human beings, regardless of their cultural context, their socio-economic situation, act rationally to further his/her ends. The wide-ranging topics show the depth and breadth of the approach to the study of religion.
Author : Bill Maurer
Publisher : Cultural Histories
ISBN 13 : 147423710X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)
Download or read book A Cultural History of Money in the Medieval Age written by Bill Maurer and published by Cultural Histories. This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Cultural History of Money presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes charts how money has made the world go around over four millennia and how it has shaped, and been shaped by, the broader social and cultural world. Each volume discusses the same themes in its seven chapters: money and its technologies; money and its ideas; money and religion; money and the everyday; money and art (or visual representations); money and its interpretation (or verbal representations); and money and the issues of the age"--
Author : Amelia Dowler
Publisher : British Museum Research Public
ISBN 13 : 9780861591763
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (917 download)
Download or read book Money, Trade and Trade Routes in Pre-Islamic North Africa written by Amelia Dowler and published by British Museum Research Public. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a multidisciplinary approach and enriched through comparative evidence, this book follows two main strands: the cultural identity of the people of this region and their interaction with neighbouring people; and, the development and extent of trans-Saharan trade routes in the pre-Islamic period.
