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Peeters Publishers Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras IX: Proceedings of the 23rd and 24th International Colloquium Organized at the University of Leuven in May 2015 and 2016
The ninth volume of proceedings of the International Colloquia on the History of Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras covers the 23rd and 24th gatherings, organized at the University of Leuven in 2015 and 2016. True to tradition, the 15 articles deal with a wide variety of scholarly subjects, all revolving around the central theme of Syro-Egypt's high and late medieval history. Topics dealt with include archaeology, architecture, codicology, economic, political, and religious history, as well as belles-lettres. With contributions by O. Abdel Barr, Z. Antrim, P.-V. Claverie, N. Coureas, J.-Ch. Ducène, K.A. Goudie, G. Lelli, B. Martel-Thoumian, D. Nicolle, M. Piana, A. Post, L. Richter-Bernburg, Th.M. Wijntjes and M. Zouihal.
£140.12
Peeters Publishers Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras: Pt. 4
This volume contains 24 papers, presented at the ninth and tenth Colloquium on the History of Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras, organized at the University of Leuven in May 2000 and 2001. The main purpose of these annual colloquia is to bring together an international audience of scholars from different fields of research, around the central theme of Syro-Egypt's high and late medieval history. Resulting now in a fourth volume of this kind (volume I: OLA 73 - volume II: OLA 83 - volume III: OLA 102), these proceedings again cover areas of research in the fields of medieval sociology, economy, archaeology, codicology, theology and administrative and political history, ranging from the 10th to the late 15th centuries AD. The individual contributions deal with a great number of topics, including the evolution of Syro-Egyptian society, material culture, architecture and archaeological fieldwork, gender, the Crusades, military administration, pious endowments, form and function of Middle Eastern source material and Sufism.
£96.26
£91.28
Peeters Publishers Continuity and Change in the Realms of Islam: Studies in Honour of Professor Urbain Vermeulen
This liber amicorum for Urbain Vermeulen contains forty studies on a wide variety of topics, written by friends, colleagues and former students. It reflects the international appreciation for this Belgian orientalist and the many realms of Islamic studies he engaged in. The general merit of the volume is the interaction between the many traditions and changes that continue to make up the world of Islam, including contributions on the history, art history, archaeology, religion, linguistics and literature of the premodern and modern Islamic world. Individual topics deal with Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk studies in many different forms and shapes, with the intricacies of Arabic, Turkish and Persian historiography, poetry, popular epic and lexicography, with libraries in the East and Far East, with subtle issues of theology, philosophy and anthropology, and with representations of the Orient from the crusading era until today.
£130.09
Peeters Publishers Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras: Proceedings of the 16th, 17th and 18th International Colloquium Organized at Ghent University in May 2007, 2008 and 2009: VII
The seventh volume of proceedings of the International Colloquia on the History of Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras covers the 16th, 17th and 18th gatherings, organized at Ghent University in 2007, 2008 and 2009. True to tradition, the 28 articles deal with a wide variety of scholarly subjects, all revolving around the central theme of Syro-Egypt's high and late medieval history. Topics dealt with include archaeology, architecture, codicology, economic, political, and religious history, as well as belles-lettres. With contributions by C.D. Baker, M. Brett, P.-V. Claverie, N. Coureas, K. Damgaard, J. Drory, J.-Ch. Ducene, Y. Frenkel, H. Halm, H. Hanisch, A.R. Lalani, S. Laor-Sirak, Y. Lev, P. Lewicka, J.-M. Mouton & B. Dayoub, L. Richter-Bernburg, A. Schippers, A. Stewart, J. Yeshaya and Th.M. Wijntjes.
£122.14
