Difference and disability in the medieval Islamic world : blighted bodies /
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Outlines the complex significance of bodies in the late Medieval central Arab Islamic lands. Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily 'blights' by Medieval Arabs, as were cross eyes, lameness and deafness? What assumptions about bodies influenced this particular vision of physical difference? How did blighted people view their own bodies? Through close analyses of anecdotes, personal letters, biographies and autobiographies, erotic poetry, non-binding legal opinions, diaristic chronicles and theological tracts, Kristina Richardson brings the cultural views and experiences of disability and difference in the medieval Islamic world to life. This title investigates the place of physically different, disabled and ill individuals in medieval Islam. It is organised around the lives and works of 6 Muslim men, each highlighting a different aspect of bodily difference. It addresses broad cultural questions relating to social class, religious orthodoxy, moral reputation, drug use, male homoeroticism and self-representation in the public sphere. It moves towards a coherent theory of medieval disability and bodily aesthetics in Islamic cultural traditions.
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ix,158 page : illustrations ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-156) and index. :
9780748645077
Law and enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt /
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OCLC 825198061
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Duke University, 2005, under the title Policing the chôra : law enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt. :
xi, 415 pages ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-382) and indexes. :
9781107037137
Pistoi dia tèn technèn : bankers, loans, and archives in the ancient world : studies in honour of Raymond Bogaert /
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"The present volume contains essays based on the papers presented at the international colloquium 'Banks, Loans and Finiancial Archives in the Ancient World,' which was held in Ghent and Brussels on 26-28 January 2006 in honor of R. Bogaert"--Pages [vii].
OCLC 221131217 :
xlviii, 482 pages : 1 illustration ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages [421]-463) and indexes. :
9042919965
9789042919969
Settlement, urbanization, and population /
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"The chapters in this volume have their origin in a colloquium held in Oxford on 10-11 September 2007 as part of the research programme of the Oxford Roman Economy Project (OXREP)"--Introd.
OCLC 751748778 :
xx, 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
0199602352
9780199602353
Fragile hierarchies : the urban elites of third century Roman Egypt /
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit Leiden, 2003.
OCLC 62921084 :
353 pages : map ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-338) and index. :
9004148310
9789004148314