New Readings in Arabic Historiography from Late Medieval Egypt and Syria : proceedings of the themed day of the fifth conference of the School of Mamluk Studies / / edited by J. van Steenbergen and Maya Termonia

• Autore: van Steenbergen Jo
• Pubblicazione: Brill, 2021; Leiden, The Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 507 pages) : color illustrations
• Disciplina: 907.2062
• Soggetto topico: Middle Eastern history
• Soggetto geografico: Egypt History 1250-1517 Historiography Congresses
• Soggetto non controllato: Middle Eastern history
• Persona (resp. second.): SteenbergenJ. van; TermoniaMaya
• Sommario/riassunto: The present volume contributes to research on historic Arabic texts from late medieval Egypt and Syria. Departing from dominant understandings of these texts through the prisms of authenticity and “literarization,” it engages with questions of textual constructedness and authorial agency. It consists of 13 contributions by a new generation of scholars in three parts. Each part represents a different aspect of their new readings of particular texts. Part one looks at concrete instances of textual interdependencies, part two at the creativity of authorial agencies, and part three at the relationship between texts and social practice. New Readings thus participates in the revaluation of late medieval Arabic historiography as a critical field of inquiry. Readership: All interested in medieval history and Islamic history, especially Mamluk studies, and anyone concerned with historiography and Arabic literature.
• Titolo autorizzato: New Readings in Arabic Historiography from Late Medieval Egypt and Syria
• ISBN: 90-04-45890-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910490030003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II