The Islamic–Byzantine Border in History
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-1303-6 (ISBN)
This cross-disciplinary book offers a broad spectrum of essays on important aspects of the political, social, religious and historical importance of the Islamic-Byzantine border between 630-c.1300CE, and in particular on the manifold ways in which the Islamic-Byzantine border affected the internal development and culture of each of the two civilisations. The chapters are written by twelve of the leading scholars in the field, including experts on both the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic world, and explore developments ranging from anti-government riots and dynastic revolutions to the border’s influence on religious law, apocalyptic literature, population policy and heroic culture.
D.G. Tor is Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, specialising in the history of the pre-thirteenth century Medieval Middle East and Central Asia. Tor’s publications include the books Violent Order: Religious Warfare, Chivalry, and the ʿAyyār Phenomenon in the Medieval Islamic World (2007); The ʿAbbasid and Carolingian Empires: Studies in Civilizational Formation (2017); together with A.C.S. Peacock, Medieval Central Asia and the Persianate World: Iranian Tradition and Islamic Civilisation (2015); and, with Minoru Inaba, The History and Culture of Iran and Central Asia: From the Pre-Islamic to the Islamic Period (2022). Tor has won numerous major research grants and awards, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; the American Council of Learned Societies; the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies; the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies; and Harvard University. Tor is also the Medieval History editor and a board member of the journal Iranian Studies. Alexander D. Beihammer is Heiden Family College Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, specializing in Byzantine History. His books include Byzantium and the Emergence of Muslim-Turkish Anatolia, ca. 1040-1130 (2019); with Maria Parani and Christoph Schabel, Diplomatics in the Eastern Mediterranean 1000-1500: Aspects of Cross-cultural Communication (2008); Quellenkritische Untersuchungen Zu Den Agyptischen Kapitulationsvertragen Der Jahre 640-646 (2000).
List of Illustrations | Notes on Contributors | Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 The Historical Significance of the Islamic–Byzantine Border: From the Seventh Century to 1291 - D.G. Tor
2 The Byzantine-Muslim Frontier from the Arab Conquests to the Arrival of the Seljuk Turks - Alexander D. Beihammer
3 The Formation of al-ʿAwāṣim - Hugh Kennedy
4 Caucasian Elites between Byzantium and the Caliphate in the Early Islamic Period - Robert Hoyland
5 Byzantine borders were state artifacts, not “fluid zones of interaction” Anthony Kaldellis
6 A Christian Insurgency in Islamic Syria: The Jarājima (Mardaites) between Byzantium and the Caliphate - Christian Sahner
7 The Character of Umayyad Art: the Mediterranean Tradition - Robert Hillenbrand
8 Byzantine Heroes and Saints of the Arab-Byzantine Border (9th-10th c.) - Sophie Métivier
9 A Cosmopolitan Frontier State: The Marwānids of Diyār Bakr, 990-1085 and the Performance of Power - Carole Hillenbrand
10 Byzantine Population Policy in the Eastern Borderland between Byzantium and the Caliphate from the 7th through the 12th Centuries - Ralph-Johannes Lilie
11 The Islamic-Byzantine Frontier in Seljuq Anatolia - Andrew C.S. Peacock
Selected Bibliography | Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.11.2024 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 10 black and white illustrations, 18 colour illustrations, 1 black and white map, 1 colour map |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3995-1303-6 / 1399513036 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-1303-6 / 9781399513036 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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