Meanings of Community Across Medieval Eurasia

Comparative Approaches

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How did Christianity, Islam and Buddhism frame the emergence and significance of particular communities in medieval Eurasia? This volume of well-linked comparative studies addresses the terminology of community, genealogies, urban communities and monasteries in medieval Europe, South Arabia and Tibet.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 524
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 907g
• ISBN-13: 9789004311978
• ISBN-10: 9004311971
• Artikelnr.: 44187959

Autorenporträt

Eirik Hovden, Ph.D. (2012), is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Social Anthropology (ISA), Austrian Academy of Sciences. He works on Yemeni history in general and specific topics related to Zaydi history, Islamic law, endowments and local water management. Christina Lutter, Ph.D. (1998), is Professor of Austrian History at the University of Vienna. Her research and publications concentrate on various aspects of Central European medieval and early modern cultural and gender history. Walter Pohl, Ph.D. (1984), is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Vienna and director of the Institute for Medieval Research at the Austrian Academy. He works on identity formation and other aspects of early medieval Europe.