A lively introduction to how society functioned prior to the Industrial Revolution
Focuses on the changes that the Arab tribesmen underwent thanks to settlement outside Arabia, their strained... Læs mere
Through a study of the Islamic patronate, this book tests the hypothesis that Roman law was a formative influence on Islamic law. It concludes that Roman law contributed only in so far as it was part and parcel of the rather different legal practice of the Near Eastern provinces.
Concentrating on the period from the rise of the Umayyads to the dissolution of the 'Abbasid empire (roughly AD 650–850), she documents the... Læs mere
Den verdenskendte danske islamforsker, Patricia Crone, forsøger i Guds styre at rekonstruere og analysere islamisk politisk tænkning gennem de sekshundrede år, der gik fra islam opstod til... Læs mere