The 'Abbasid and Carolingian Empires : comparative studies in civilizational formation /

The 'Abbasid and Carolingian Empires : comparative studies in civilizational formation /

Circa AD 750, both the Islamic world and western Europe underwent political revolutions; these raised to power, respectively, the ʿAbbasid and Carolingian dynasties. The eras thus inaugurated were similar not only in their chronology, but also in the foundational role each played in its respective c...

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Other Authors: Tor, D. G.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Series: Islamic History and Civilization 150.
Brill's Companions to Middle East and Islamic Studies Online I, ISBN: 9789004389243.

Subjects:

Abbasids.
Carolingians > History.
Islamic civilization.
Civilization, Medieval.
Islamic Empire > History > 750-1258.
Europe, Western > Civilization.

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Call Number: DS38.6

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • The ʿAbbasid and Carolingian Dynasties in Comparative Perspective /
  • D.G. Tor
  • Inventing the Missi /
  • Jennifer R. Davis
  • Ḥasanwayh born al-Ḥusayn al-Kurdī (r. circa 350-369/ca. 961-979) /
  • Jürgen Paul
  • The Emperor's Ass /
  • Eric J. Goldberg
  • Ethnicity in the Carolingian Empire /
  • Walter Pohl
  • Across the Hindūkush of the ʿAbbasid Period /
  • Minoru Inaba
  • Columbanus, the Columbanian Tradition and Caesarius /
  • Ian Wood
  • The Rebel and the Imam /
  • Robert Gleave
  • Comparing Carolingians and ʿAbbasids /
  • Michael Cook
  • Index.