The Islamic-Byzantine border in history : from the rise of Islam to the end of the Crusades / edited by D.G. Tor and Alexander D. Beihammer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tor, D. G. (Deborah Gerber), editor.

Beihammer, Alexander Daniel, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic Empire--Foreign relations--Byzantine Empire.

Islamic Empire.

Byzantine Empire--Foreign relations--Islamic Empire.

Byzantine Empire.

Islamic Empire--Boundaries.

Byzantine Empire--Boundaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 320 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This cross-disciplinary book offers a broad spectrum of essays on important aspects of the political, social, religious and historical importance of the Islamic-Byzantine border between 630 - c. 1300 CE, and in particular on the manifold ways in which the Islamic-Byzantine border affected the internal development and culture of each of the two civilisations. The chapters are written by twelve of the leading scholars in the field, including experts on both the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic world, and explore developments ranging from anti-government riots and dynastic revolutions to the border's influence on religious law, apocalyptic literature, population policy and heroic culture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1 THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ISLAMIC–BYZANTINE BORDER: FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY TO 1291

2 THE BYZANTINE–MUSLIM FRONTIER FROM THE ARAB CONQUESTS TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SELJUK TURKS

3 THE FORMATION OF AL-ʿAWĀṢIM

4 CAUCASIAN ELITES BETWEEN BYZANTIUM AND THE CALIPHATE IN THE EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD

5 BYZANTINE BORDERS WERE STATE ARTEFACTS, NOT ‘FLUID ZONES OF INTERACTION’

6 A CHRISTIAN INSURGENCY IN ISLAMIC SYRIA: THE JARĀJIMA (MARDAITES) BETWEEN BYZANTIUM AND THE CALIPHATE

7 THE CHARACTER OF UMAYYAD ART: THE MEDITERRANEAN TRADITION

8 BYZANTINE HEROES AND SAINTS OF THE ARAB–BYZANTINE BORDER (NINTH–TENTH CENTURIES)

9 A COSMOPOLITAN FRONTIER STATE: THE MARWĀNIDS OF DIYĀR BAKR, 990–1085, AND THE PERFORMANCE OF POWER

10 BYZANTINE POPULATION POLICY IN THE EASTERN BORDERLAND BETWEEN BYZANTIUM AND THE CALIPHATE FROM THE SEVENTH TO THE TWELFTH CENTURIES

11 THE ISLAMIC–BYZANTINE FRONTIER IN SELJUQ ANATOLIA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Mar 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781399513050

1399513052

9781399513043

1399513044