04506oam 22011174a 450 991114935940332120251116182831.01-4214-0105-3(CKB)3240000000064999(EBL)4398382(SSID)ssj0000606442(PQKBManifestationID)11388608(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606442(PQKBWorkID)10581343(PQKB)11068318(MiAaPQ)EBC4398382(OCoLC)794700366(MdBmJHUP)muse1485(Au-PeEL)EBL4398382(CaPaEBR)ebr11161099(EXLCZ)99324000000006499920100507d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInfectious IdeasContagion in Premodern Islamic and Christian Thought in the Western Mediterranean /Justin K. Stearns1st ed.Baltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press,2011.©2011.1 online resource (302 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8018-9873-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contagion in the commentaries on prophetic tradition -- Contagion as metaphor in Iberian Christian scholarship -- Contagion contested : Greek medical knowledge, prophetic medicine, and the first plague treatises -- Situating scholastic contagion between miasma and the evil eye -- Contagion between Islamic law and theology -- Contagion revisited : early modern Maghribi plague treatises -- Reframing Muslim and Christian views on contagion.Based on Stearns's analysis of Muslim and Christian legal, theological, historical, and medical texts in Arabic, Medieval Castilian, and Latin, Infectious Ideas is the first book to offer a comparative discussion of concepts of contagion in the premodern Mediterranean world.PlaguehistorySpainPlaguehistoryPortugalPlaguehistoryAfrica, NorthernLeprosyhistorySpainLeprosyhistoryPortugalLeprosyhistoryAfrica, NorthernIslamSpainHistoryIslamhistoryPortugalIslamhistoryAfrica, NorthernCross-Cultural ComparisonSpainCross-Cultural ComparisonPortugalCross-Cultural ComparisonAfrica, NorthernCommunicable diseasesSpainCommunicable diseasesPortugalCommunicable diseasesAfrica, NorthernChristianityhistorySpainChristianityhistoryPortugalChristianityhistoryAfrica, NorthernMedicine in literatureSpainMedicine in literaturePortugalMedicine in literatureAfrica, NorthernMedicineReligious aspectsChristianityHistoryTo 1500MedicineReligious aspectsIslamHistoryTo 1500EpidemiologyHistoryTo 1500Medicine, MedievalWestern MediterraneanDiseasesCauses and theories of causationHistoryTo 1500PlaguehistoryPlaguehistoryPlaguehistoryLeprosyhistoryLeprosyhistoryLeprosyhistoryIslamHistory.IslamhistoryIslamhistoryCross-Cultural ComparisonCross-Cultural ComparisonCross-Cultural ComparisonCommunicable diseasesCommunicable diseasesCommunicable diseasesChristianityhistoryChristianityhistoryChristianityhistoryMedicine in literatureMedicine in literatureMedicine in literatureMedicineReligious aspectsChristianityHistoryMedicineReligious aspectsIslamHistoryEpidemiologyHistoryMedicine, MedievalDiseasesCauses and theories of causationHistory362.196/9Stearns Justin K.1974-MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9911149359403321UNINA