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UNISA996205693903316 |
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Autore |
Ruffini Giovanni <1974-> |
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Titolo |
Medieval Nubia : a social and economic history / / Giovanni R. Ruffini |
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New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Land tenure - Nubia - History |
Nubia History Sources |
Nubia Civilization |
Ibrīm (Egypt) Antiquities |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-287) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : Qasr Ibrim and Christian Nubia -- Qasr Ibrim's land sales -- Mashshouda and Archive 3 -- The historiography of Nubian land tenure -- Nubian land sales as a legal genre -- Nubian land sales as ceremony -- Nubia's legal tradition -- Money, rent, taxes and investment -- Qasr Ibrim's other archives -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 : The chronology of Archive 3. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The first full-length study of the social and economic history of medieval Nubia, this book uses unpublished indigenous Old Nubian documentary sources to reveal a complex society that blended Greco-Roman legal traditions with African festive practices. |
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