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In rich detail Jonathan Berkey interprets the social and cultural consequences of Islam's regard for knowledge, showing how education in the Middle Ages played a central part in the religious experience of nearly all Muslims. Focusing on Cairo, which under Mamluk rule (1250-1517) was a vital intellectual center with a complex social system, the aut



Table of Contents
AcknowledgmentsNote On Transliteration, Names, And Dates1Introduction32Instruction213Institutions444Professors and Patrons: Careers in the Academic World955Religious Education and the Military Elite1286Women and Education1617Beyond the Elite: Education and Urban Society182Bibliography219Index229

The Transmission of Knowledge in Medieval Cairo

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691606835, 978-0691606835
      ISBN10: 0691606838

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In rich detail Jonathan Berkey interprets the social and cultural consequences of Islam's regard for knowledge, showing how education in the Middle Ages played a central part in the religious experience of nearly all Muslims. Focusing on Cairo, which under Mamluk rule (1250-1517) was a vital intellectual center with a complex social system, the aut



      Table of Contents
      AcknowledgmentsNote On Transliteration, Names, And Dates1Introduction32Instruction213Institutions444Professors and Patrons: Careers in the Academic World955Religious Education and the Military Elite1286Women and Education1617Beyond the Elite: Education and Urban Society182Bibliography219Index229

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