Diverging paths? the shapes of power and institutions in medieval Christendom and Islam / edited by John Hudson, Ana Rodriguez.
| Other author | Hudson, John, 1962- |
| Other author | Rodríguez López, Ana. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden : Brill, [2014] |
| Description | xix, 435 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | The medieval Mediterranean ; 101 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-425) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014020412 |
| ISBN | 9789004277366 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9789004277878 (e-book) |
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