Diverging paths? : the shapes of power and institutions in medieval Christendom and Islam

Diverging paths? : the shapes of power and institutions in medieval Christendom and Islam

Diverging paths? : the shapes of power and institutions in medieval Christendom and Islam

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Edition Details

  • Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): John Hudson, Ana Rodríguez López
  • Language: English
  • Jurisdiction(s): Netherlands
  • Publication Information: Leiden : Brill, [2014]
  • Publication Type (Medium): History
  • Type: Book
  • Series title: Medieval Mediterranean, v. 101.
  • Permalink: http://books.lawlegal.eu/diverging-paths-the-shapes-of-power-and-institutions-in-medieval-christendom-and-islam/ (Stable identifier)

Short Description

XIX, 435 pages : ILlustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Diverging paths? : the shapes of power and institutions in medieval Christendom and Islam is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

  • Publisher: Brill
  • Responsable Person: edited by John Hudson, Ana Rodriguez.
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Country/State: Netherlands
  • Number of Editions: 10 editions
  • First edition Date: 2014
  • Last edition Date: 2014
  • Languages: English
  • Library of Congress Code: KJC2468
  • Dewey Code: 909.09821
  • ISBN: 9789004277366 9004277366 9789004277878 9004277870
  • OCLC: 881591822

Main Contents

Comparing medieval institutions: a few introductory remarks/ Gadi Algazi
2. Institutionalisation between theory and practice: comparative approaches to medieval Islamic and late Roman law / Caroline Humfress
3. The H?isba, the Muh?tasib and the Struggle over Political Power and a Moral Economy: An Enquiry into Institutions / Eduardo Manzano and Susana Narotzky
4. Codification in Byzantium from Justinian to Leo VI / Bernard H. Stolte
5. Codification in the Western Middle Ages / Emanuele Conte and Magnus Ryan
6. Codifying the Law: The Case of the Medieval Islamic West / Maribel Fierro
7. Law and Codification Conclusion / John Hudson
8. The Cost of States: Politics and Exactions in the Christian West (Sixth to Fifteenth Centuries) / Sandra Caracci and Simone McOllavini
9. Landholding and Law in the Early Islamic State / Hugh Kennedy
10. The Mobilisation of Fiscal Resources in the Byzantine Empire: (Eighth to Eleventh Centuries) / Vivien Prigent
11. State, Aggregation of the Elites and Redistribution of Resources in Sicily in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Proposals for a new interpretation / Annliese Nef
12. Resources and Power
Conclusion / Eduardo Manzano
13. The Palace Complex / Stuart Airlie
14. Palaces, Itineraries and Political Order in the Post-Carolingian Kingdoms / Simon MacLean
15. Monasteries: Institutionalisation and Organisation of Space in the Byzantine world until the end of the twelfth century / Michel Kaplan
16. The institutionalisation of Abbasid ceremonial / Nadia Maria El Cheikh
17. Palaces and Places: Conclusion / Ana Rodriguez
Bibliography
Index.

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