Overview

This volume focuses on the interplay between urban society and material culture in the medieval and Ottoman Middle East. The history of Jerusalem in the middle ages is discussed by a number of papers as well as Mamluk Tripoli and the urban history of Palestine during the Crusades. The multi-role of the cadi in the Muslim city is illuminated by two studies cases concerning the Fatimid and Mamluk periods. Three aspects of material culture; the production and spread of paper, textiles and the trade in medicinal substances also are dealt with.

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Author:   Yaacov Lev
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   39
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9789004125438

ISBN 10:   9004125434
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   15 August 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Abbreviations and Illustrations Contributors 1. The Seljuks in Jerusalem / Shimon Gat...1 2. The Frankish Impact on the Urban Landscape of Medieval Palestine / Michael Ehrlich...41 3. Tripoli Reinvented: A Case of Mamluk Urbanization / Nimrod Luz...53 4. Hospices and Hospitals in Mamluk Jerusalem / Dan Bahat...73 5. The Cadi and the Urban Society: The Case Study of Medieval Egypt, 9th-12th Centuries / Yaacov Lev...89 6. Is There an Islamic Space? Urban and Social Issues, as Reflected in the Qadi (Cadi) Courts of Egpyt and Syria (13th-16th Centuries) / Yehoshua Frenkel...103 7. The History of the Paper Industry in al-Sham in the Middle Ages / Zohar Amar...119 8. Medieval Mediterranean Textiles, Basketry, and Cordage Newly Excavated in Israel / Orit Shamir, Alisa Baginski...135 9. Trade of Medical Substances in the Medieval and Ottoman Levant (Bilad al-Sham) / Efraim Lev...159 Index...185

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Yaacov Lev, Ph.D. at the University of Manchester, is Associate Professor in Islamic Medieval History at Bar Ilan University, Israel. Recent publications include Saladin in Egypt (1999), Charity in Egypt and Syria, 9th-12th Centuries (2001).

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