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Diverging paths? : the shapes of power and institutions in medieval Christendom and Islam / edited by John Hudson, Ana Rodríguez.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 101.Publisher: Boston ; Leiden : Brill, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (xix, 435 pages) : mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004277878
  • 9004277870
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Diverging paths?DDC classification:
  • 909/.09821 23
LOC classification:
  • CB251 .D58 2014eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Diverging Paths? provides a wide-ranging comparative analysis of institutions, power, and social relations in medieval Christendom and Islam.

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