Disputing with Islam in Syriac: The Case of the Monk of Bêt Hãlê and a Muslim Emir
Disputing with Islam in Syriac: The Case of the Monk of Bêt Hãlê and a Muslim Emir By Sidney H. Griffith Hugoye: Journal…
Pharmacy in medieval Islam and the history of drug addiction
Drug addiction, especially through the use of poppy (Papaver somniferum Linn.) and hemp (Cannabis sativa Linn.), is the main concern of this paper. Although the use of these two plants in medieval Islam was extensive, yet little has been written on this timely subject by historians of medicine and pharmacology.
Discourses on Sex Differences in Medieval Scholarly Islamic Thought
Discourses on Sex Differences in Medieval Scholarly Islamic Thought By Sherry Sayed Gadelrab Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Vol.66:1…
The motives of the earliest crusaders and the settlement of Latin Palestine, 1095–1100
The motives of the earliest crusaders and the settlement of Latin Palestine, 1095–1100 Riley-Smith, Jonathan The English Historical Review, No. CCCLXXXIX – October (1983)…
Monogamy in Islam: The case of a Tunisian Marriage Contract
Monogamy in Islam: The case of a Tunisian Marriage Contract By Dalenda Largueche Occasional Paper of the IAS School of Social Science (2010) Introduction:…
John Rylands Library to digitize late medieval Koran
Technology is to enable scholars for the first time to study a complete manuscript of one of the world’s most important and largest…
The role of the ‘ūlamā during the ‘Abbāsid caliphate: with special reference to the period of Hārūn al-Rashīd and Al-Māʻmūn
The role of the ‘ūlamā during the ‘Abbāsid caliphate: with special reference to the period of Hārūn al-Rashīd and Al-Māʻmūn By Ismail bin Haji…
Crossing Boundaries in Late Medieval Mediterranean Iberia: Historical Glimpses of Christian- Islamic Intercultural Dialogue
Crossing Boundaries in Late Medieval Mediterranean Iberia: Historical Glimpses of Christian- Islamic Intercultural Dialogue I lluch, Roser Salicru (Institució Milà i Fontanals –…
Islamic Frontiers, Real and Imagined
Islamic Frontiers, Real and Imagined By Asa Eger Al-‘Usur al-Wusta. The Bulletin of the Middle East Medievalists, Vol. 17:1 (2005) Introduction: Beginning in…
ANGELS IN ISLAM
ANGELS IN ISLAM Burge, S. R. (The University of Edinburgh) Phd thesis, University of Edinburgh (2009) Abstract This thesis presents a commentary with…
Defenders of the Christian People: Holy War in Byzantium
Defenders of the Christian People: Holy War in Byzantium By George T. Dennis The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim…
Byzantine Elements in the Umayyad Mosque at Damascus
Byzantine Elements in the Umayyad Mosque at Damascus By Robert Hillenbrand (University of Edinburgh) Given at the International Symposium on the Historical Relations Between…
De Saracenico in Latinum transferri: causes and effects of translation in the fiscal administration of Norman Sicily
De Saracenico in Latinum transferri: causes and effects of translation in the fiscal administration of Norman Sicily Metcalfe, Alex (UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS) Al-Masāq:…
IBN FADLAN AND THE RUSIYYAH
IBN FADLAN AND THE RUSIYYAH Montgomery, James E. (Cambridge) Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies 3 (2000) Abstract Ibn Fadlan’s account of the caliphal…
MENTAL EXISTENCE IN THOMAS AQUINAS AND AVICENNA
MENTAL EXISTENCE IN THOMAS AQUINAS AND AVICENNA Black, Deborah L. Mediaeval Studies, Vol. 61 (1999) Abstract Traditionally it was the case that in philosophical…
ANDALUSIAN MUSIC AND THE CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARIA
ANDALUSIAN MUSIC AND THE CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARIA Ferreira, Manuel Pedro Cobras e Son: Papers on the Text, Music and Manuscripts of the ‘Cantigas de…
Muslims, Jews and Christians in medieval Muslim Seville: (711-1248 CE) : perceiving artistic expressions as signs of acculturation
I look at five art forms that were either created in Seville or had strong ties with this city: the illustrations, poetry, and music of the Cantigas, a treatise on chess commissioned by Alfonso, and the architecture of Seville.
The Shari’a: Roman Law Wearing an Islamic Veil?
The Shari’a: Roman Law Wearing an Islamic Veil? By Ayman Dahe Hirundo, the McGill Journal of Classical Studies, Vol.3 (2004) Introduction: Law, much like…
Communal Boundaries Reconsidered: Jews and Christians Appealing to Muslim Authorities in the Medieval Near East
Communal Boundaries Reconsidered: Jews and Christians Appealing to Muslim Authorities in the Medieval Near East Simonsohn, U.I. Jewish Studies Quarterly, Vol. 14, Issue…
Were customs dues levied at the time of the Prophet Muḥammad?
Were customs dues levied at the time of the Prophet Muḥammad? By Michael Lecker Al-Qanṭara, Vol 22, No 1 (2001) Abstract: The levying…
Fundamentalism vs. Globalization, A Case Study: Medieval Spain
Fundamentalism vs. Globalization, A Case Study: Medieval Spain Torres, Cindy (Purdue University Calumet) Paper Given – Unity and Diversity Conference (2005) Abstract Fundamentalism…
Astronomy in the Medieval Spanish Jewish Community
Astronomy in the Medieval Spanish Jewish Community Goldstein, Bernard R. Between Demonstration and Imagination: Essays in the History of Science and Philosophy Presented…
Adolescence in Jewish medieval society under Islam
Adolescence in Jewish medieval society under Islam Frenkel, Miriam Continuity and Change 16 (2), 2001 Abstract Adolescent experience has been the subject of…
Islamic History
Islamic History articles available through Medievalists.net history cover a wide area, including the beginnings of Islam under the Prophet Mohammed, the Early Caliphate,…
APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF MUSLIM AND JEWISH WOMEN IN MEDIEVAL IBERIAN PENINSULA: THE POETESS QASMUNA BAT ISMA`IL
APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF MUSLIM AND JEWISH WOMEN IN MEDIEVAL IBERIAN PENINSULA: THE POETESS QASMUNA BAT ISMA`IL ÁNGELES GALLEGO, MARÍA (Universidad de Cambridge…