Incarceration and Slavery in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age (eBook)

A Cultural-Historical Investigation of the Dark Side in the Pre-Modern World

Albrecht Classen (Herausgeber)

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2021
528 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4829-7 (ISBN)

Infos

People in the Middle Ages and the early modern age more often suffered from imprisonment and enslavement than we might have assumed. Incarceration and Slavery in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age approaches these topics from a wide variety of perspectives and demonstrates collectively the great relevance of the issues involved. Both incarceration and slavery were (and continue to be) most painful experiences, and no one was guaranteed exemption from it. High-ranking nobles and royalties were often the victims of imprisonment and, at times, had to wait many years until their ransom was paid. Similarly, slavery existed throughout Christian Europe and in the Arab world. However, while imprisonment occasionally proved to be the catalyst for major writings and creativity, slaves in the Ottoman empire and in Egypt succeeded in rising to the highest position in society (Janissaries, Mamluks, and others).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.10.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Medieval Literature
• Co-Autor: Sally Abed, Filip Hrbek, Andreas Lehnertz, Abel Lorenzo-Rodriguez, Doaa Omran, Christiane Paulus, Daniel F. Pigg, Maria Cecilia Ruiz, Warren Tormey, Sarah Whitten, Birgit Wiedl, Carlee Arnett, Thomas Willard, Maha Baddar, Chiara Benati, Albrecht Classen, Amany El-Sawy, Fidel Fajardo-Acosta, J. Michael Fulton, Magda Hasabelnaby
• Zusatzinfo: 19 Illustrations including: - 18 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 1 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: criminal • Enslavement • Medieval • Middle Ages • Slavery
• ISBN-10: 1-7936-4829-8 / 1793648298
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7936-4829-7 / 9781793648297