A. C. S. Peacock

Islam, Literature and Society in Mongol Anatolia (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

From a Christian, Greek- and Armenian-speaking land to a predominantly Muslim and Turkish speaking one, the Islamisation of medieval Anatolia would lay the groundwork for the emergence of the Ottoman Empire as a world power and ultimately the modern Republic of Turkey. Bringing together previously unpublished sources in Arabic, Persian and Turkish, Peacock offers a new understanding of the crucial but neglected period in Anatolian history, that of Mongol domination, between c. 1240 and 1380. This represents a decisive phase in the process of Islamisation, with the popularisation of Sufism and the development of new forms of literature to spread Islam. This book integrates the study of Anatolia with that of the broader Islamic world, shedding new light on this crucial turning point in the history of the Middle East.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108602662
• Artikelnr.: 62736066

Autorenporträt

Andrew A. C. S. Peacock is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, where he is also Director of the Centre for Anatolian and East Mediterranean Studies. He is the author of The Great Seljuk Empire (2015) and co-editor of The Seljuks of Anatolia: Court and Society in the Medieval Middle East (2013) and Medieval Central Asia and the Persianate World (2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Religion, Politics and Society: 1. The formation of Islamic Anatolia: crises of legitimacy and the struggle against unbelief
2. Sufism and political power
3. Sufism in society: Futuwwa in Seljuq and Mongol Anatolia
Part II. Literature and Religious Change: 4. The emergence of literary Turkish
5. Vernacular religious literature: tales of conversion, eschatology and unbelief
6. Apocalyptic thought and the political elite
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.