Oliver of Paderborn and his siege engine at Damietta
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Clothes Make the Monk: The Rhetoric of Clothing in Late Antique Monasticism
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Religious and Intercommunal Violence in Alexandria in the 4th and 5th centuries CE
Religious and Intercommunal Violence in Alexandria in the 4th and 5th centuries CE By Lauren Kaplow Hirundo, the McGill Journal of Classical Studies,…
Embellishing the Steps: Elements of Presentation and Style in the Heavenly Ladder of John Climacus
Embellishing the Steps: Elements of Presentation and Style in the Heavenly Ladder of John Climacus By John Duffy Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol.53 (1999)…
Deterioration of the floor of interior courtyard of sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo, Egypt
Deterioration of the floor of interior courtyard of sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo, Egypt By Tarek Nazel Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, Vol. 9:1…
The Impact of the Third Crusade upon Trade with the Levant
The momentous changes that the crusade wrought on the workaday world of the Near East have been largely overlooked.
Getting al-Maqrizi’s Khitat on the Web
Getting al-Maqrizi’s Khitat on the Web By Martyn Smith Paper given at the Middle East Studies Association 2010 Annual Meeting (2010) Introduction: No…
Roman Policy in the Red Sea between Anastasius and Justinian
Roman Policy in the Red Sea between Anastasius and Justinian By Dario Nappo Connected Hinterlands. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the…
The Beauty of Reasoning: A Reexamination of Hypatia of Alexandra
The Beauty of Reasoning: A Reexamination of Hypatia of Alexandra By Bryan J. Whitfield The Mathematics Educator, Vol.6:1 (1995) No handiwork of Callimachus,…
The Crusades and the Development of Islamic Art
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Religious Conflict in Late Antique Alexandria: Christian Responses to ‘Pagan’ Statues in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries AD
Religious Conflict in Late Antique Alexandria: Christian Responses to ‘Pagan’ Statues in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries AD By Troels Myrup Kristensen Alexandria…
The historiography of protest in late Mamluk and early Ottoman Egypt and Syria
The historiography of protest in late Mamluk and early Ottoman Egypt and Syria By Amina Elbendary IIAS Newsletter, Vol.43 No.9 (2007) Introduction: History…
Reputation and Coalitions in Medieval Trade: Evidence on the Maghribi Traders
Reputation and Coalitions in Medieval Trade: Evidence on the Maghribi Traders By Avner Greif The Journal of Economic History, Vol.49:4 (1989) Abstract: This…
Jewish pietism of the Sufi type: A particular trend of mysticisme in Medieval Egypt
Jewish pietism of the Sufi type: A particular trend of mysticisme in Medieval Egypt By Mireille Loubet Bulletin du Centre de recherche français…
Is Anyone my Guardian …? Mamluk Under Age Rule and the Later Qalawunids
‘Is Anyone my Guardian …?’ Mamluk Under Age Rule and the Later Qalawunids By Jo Van Steenbergen Al-Masaq, Vol. 19, No. 1 (2007)…
Development of construction techniques in the Mamluk domes of Cairo
Development of construction techniques in the Mamluk domes of Cairo By Barbara Cipriani Master’s Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005 Abstract: This dissertation…
Relations between the Fatimid and Byzantine empires during the reign of the caliph al-Mustans ir bi’llah, 1036-1094/427-487
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Shajar al-Durr: A Case of Female Sultanate in Medieval Islam
While women were occasionally able to influence matters of rule in Medieval Islam, it is likely that only three reached a formal position of power.
The Alexandrian Crusade (1365) and the Mamluk Sources: Reassessment of the kitab al-ilmam of an-Nuwayri al-Iskandarani
The Alexandrian Crusade (1365) and the Mamluk Sources: Reassessment of the kitab al-ilmam of an-Nuwayri al-Iskandarani By Jo Van Steenbergen East and West…
The role of agriculture in Mamluk-Jordanian power relations
The role of agriculture in Mamluk-Jordanian power relations By Bethany J. Walker Bulletin d’Etudes Orientales, Vol.57, Suppl. (2008) Introduction: Power politics between rulers and ruled…
Richard I and the Science of Warfare
My own strategy will be twofold. First, to take Richard I’s military carer as a model of medieval generalship. Second, to use vernacular sources wherever possible, in the belief that the vernacular brings us close than Latin to the thoughts and actions of soldiers.
Courtly Patronage of Ancient Sciences in Post-Classical Islamic
Courtly Patronage of Ancient Sciences in Post-Classical Islamic By Sonja Brentjes Al-Qanṭara, Vol.29:2 (2008) Abstract: In this paper I study evidence for courtly patronage for…
Formal and informal Patronage among Jews in the Islamic East: evidence from the Cairo Geniza
Formal and informal Patronage among Jews in the Islamic East: evidence from the Cairo Geniza By Marina Rustow Al-Qanṭara, Vol.29:2 (2008) Abstract: This paper investigates…
The Location and Reconstruction of a Byzantine Structure in Marea, Egypt Including a Comparison of Electronic Remote Sensing and Remote Viewing
The Location and Reconstruction of a Byzantine Structure in Marea, Egypt Including a Comparison of Electronic Remote Sensing and Remote Viewing By Stephan A…
Marea on Lake Maryut
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