Islam And Christianity In Medieval Anatolia

Author : A.C.S. Peacock,Bruno De Nicola
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 584 pages
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Release : 2016-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317112686

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Islam and Christianity in Medieval Anatolia by A.C.S. Peacock,Bruno De Nicola Pdf

Islam and Christianity in Medieval Anatolia offers a comparative approach to understanding the spread of Islam and Muslim culture in medieval Anatolia. It aims to reassess work in the field since the 1971 classic by Speros Vryonis, The Decline of Hellenism in Asia Minor and the Process of Islamization which treats the process of transformation from a Byzantinist perspective. Since then, research has offered insights into individual aspects of Christian-Muslim relations, but no overview has appeared. Moreover, very few scholars of Islamic studies have examined the problem, meaning evidence in Arabic, Persian and Turkish has been somewhat neglected at the expense of Christian sources, and too little attention has been given to material culture. The essays in this volume examine the interaction between Christianity and Islam in medieval Anatolia through three distinct angles, opening with a substantial introduction by the editors to explain both the research background and the historical problem, making the work accessible to scholars from other fields. The first group of essays examines the Christian experience of living under Muslim rule, comparing their experiences in several of the major Islamic states of Anatolia between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, especially the Seljuks and the Ottomans. The second set of essays examines encounters between Christianity and Islam in art and intellectual life. They highlight the ways in which some traditions were shared across confessional divides, suggesting the existence of a common artistic and hence cultural vocabulary. The final section focusses on the process of Islamisation, above all as seen from the Arabic, Persian and Turkish textual evidence with special attention to the role of Sufism.

Author : A.C.S. Peacock,Bruno De Nicola
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317112693

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Islam and Christianity in Medieval Anatolia by A.C.S. Peacock,Bruno De Nicola Pdf

Islam and Christianity in Medieval Anatolia offers a comparative approach to understanding the spread of Islam and Muslim culture in medieval Anatolia. It aims to reassess work in the field since the 1971 classic by Speros Vryonis, The Decline of Hellenism in Asia Minor and the Process of Islamization which treats the process of transformation from a Byzantinist perspective. Since then, research has offered insights into individual aspects of Christian-Muslim relations, but no overview has appeared. Moreover, very few scholars of Islamic studies have examined the problem, meaning evidence in Arabic, Persian and Turkish has been somewhat neglected at the expense of Christian sources, and too little attention has been given to material culture. The essays in this volume examine the interaction between Christianity and Islam in medieval Anatolia through three distinct angles, opening with a substantial introduction by the editors to explain both the research background and the historical problem, making the work accessible to scholars from other fields. The first group of essays examines the Christian experience of living under Muslim rule, comparing their experiences in several of the major Islamic states of Anatolia between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, especially the Seljuks and the Ottomans. The second set of essays examines encounters between Christianity and Islam in art and intellectual life. They highlight the ways in which some traditions were shared across confessional divides, suggesting the existence of a common artistic and hence cultural vocabulary. The final section focusses on the process of Islamisation, above all as seen from the Arabic, Persian and Turkish textual evidence with special attention to the role of Sufism.

Author : Andrew C. S. Peacock,Bruno De Nicola,Sara Nur Yildiz
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 1472456351

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Islam and Christianity in Medieval Anatolia by Andrew C. S. Peacock,Bruno De Nicola,Sara Nur Yildiz Pdf

This volume offers a comparative approach to understanding the spread of Muslim culture in medieval Anatolia. It aims to reassess work in the field since the 1971 classic by Speros Vryonis, The Decline of Hellenism in Asia Minor and the Process of Islamization which treats the process of transformation from a Byzantinist perspective. Essays examine the Christian experience of living under Muslim rule, consider encounters between Christianity and Islam in art and intellectual life, and focus on the process of Islamisation as understood from the Arabic, Persian and Turkish textual evidence.

Author : Andrew C. S. Peacock,Sara Nur Yildiz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : 1315589885

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Islam and Christianity in Medieval Anatolia by Andrew C. S. Peacock,Sara Nur Yildiz Pdf

Author : Stephen O'Shea
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1926685792

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Sea of Faith by Stephen O'Shea Pdf

From the best-selling author of The Perfect Heresy, and in the spirit of Barbara Tuchman’s A Distant Mirror, a rich narrative account of the millennium of religious wars that destroyed the Byzantine Empire while shaping the Muslim/Christian conflict that haunts us still. The Medieval Mediterranean was a sea of two faiths: Christianity and Islam. Though bitter rivals, they shared a common history. Here are the epochal moments during that 1000-year struggle: the fall of the Christian Middle East at Yarmuk, Martel’s “wall of ice” at Poitiers, Byzantium’s rout at Manzikert, all the way through to Saladin at Jerusalem, Lazar at Kosovo and the suicidal defence of Malta against the Ottomans. Stephen O’Shea tells a riveting story, which stretches from Syria and Israel to France and Morocco. Today, the two faiths again collide. Sea of Faith is a magnificent work of popular history and a timely reminder of our shared past.

Author : A. C. S. Peacock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108499361

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Islam, Literature and Society in Mongol Anatolia by A. C. S. Peacock Pdf

A new understanding of the transformation of Anatolia to a Muslim society in the thirteenth-fourteenth centuries based on previously unpublished sources.

Author : Patricia Blessing
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781474411301

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Architecture and Landscape in Medieval Anatolia, 1100-1500 by Patricia Blessing Pdf

Anatolia was home to a large number of polities in the medieval period. Given its location at the geographical and chronological juncture between Byzantines and the Ottomans, its story tends to be read through the Seljuk experience. This obscures the multiple experiences and spaces of Anatolia under the Byzantine empire, Turko-Muslim dynasties contemporary to the Seljuks, the Mongol Ilkhanids, and the various beyliks of eastern and western Anatolia. This book looks beyond political structures and towards a reconsideration of the interactions between the rural and the urban; an analysis of the relationships between architecture, culture and power; and an examination of the region's multiple geographies. In order to expand historiographical perspectives it draws on a wide variety of sources (architectural, artistic, documentary and literary), including texts composed in several languages (Arabic, Armenian, Byzantine Greek, Persian and Turkish). Original in its coverage of this period from the perspective of multiple polities, religions and languages, this volume is also the first to truly embrace the cultural complexity that was inherent in the reality of daily life in medieval Anatolia and surrounding regions.

Author : A. C. S. Peacock,Sara Nur Yildiz,Dr. Sara Nur Yildiz,A.C.S. Peacock
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1848858876

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The Seljuks of Anatolia by A. C. S. Peacock,Sara Nur Yildiz,Dr. Sara Nur Yildiz,A.C.S. Peacock Pdf

"Under Seljuk rule (c. 1081-1308) the formerly Christian Byzantine territories of Anatolia were transformed by the development of Muslim culture, society and politics, and it was then - well before the arrival of the Ottomans - that a Turkish population became firmly established in these lands. But these developments are little understood, and the Seljuk dynasty remains little studied. Yet the Seljuks of Anatolia were one of the most influential dynasties of the thirteenth-century Middle East, controlling some of the major trade routes of the period, playing a crucial role in linking East and West of the medieval world. This volume examines Seljuk culture and history by looking at developments both at court and in society at large and shed new light on Seljuk political culture and dynastic ideology, the engagement of politics with religion, and Christian-Muslim interaction. The Seljuks of Anatolia will be of great interest to researchers with interests in Byzantium as well as the material culture and society of the medieval Islamic world."--Publisher's website.

Author : Ahmet Yaşar Ocak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Islam
ISBN : 9754284598

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Perspectives and Reflections on Religious and Cultural Life in Medieval Anatolia by Ahmet Yaşar Ocak Pdf

Author : Jackson Cailah Jackson
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781474451505

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Islamic Manuscripts of Late Medieval Rum, 1270s-1370s by Jackson Cailah Jackson Pdf

Between the Mongol invasions in the mid-13th century and the rise of the Ottomans in the late 14th century, the Lands of Rum were marked by instability and conflict. Despite this, a rich body of illuminated manuscripts from the period survives, explored here in this extensively illustrated volume. Meticulously analysing 15 beautifully decorated Arabic and Persian manuscripts, including Qur'ans, mirrors-for-princes, historical chronicles and Sufi works, Cailah Jackson traces the development of calligraphy and illumination in late medieval Anatolia. She shows that the central Anatolian city of Konya, in particular, was a dynamic centre of artistic activity and that local Turcoman princes, Seljuk bureaucrats and Mevlevi dervishes all played important roles in manuscript production and patronage.

Author : Josef W. Meri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 980 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135456030

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Medieval Islamic Civilization by Josef W. Meri Pdf

Medieval Islamic Civilization examines the socio-cultural history of the regions where Islam took hold between the seventh and sixteenth century. This important two-volume work contains over 700 alphabetically arranged entries, contributed and signed by international scholars and experts in fields such as Arabic languages, Arabic literature, architecture, art history, history, history of science, Islamic arts, Islamic studies, Middle Eastern studies, Near Eastern studies, politics, religion, Semitic studies, theology, and more. This reference provides an exhaustive and vivid portrait of Islamic civilization including the many scientific, artistic, and religious developments as well as all aspects of daily life and culture. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit www.routledge-ny.com/middleages/Islamic.

Author : Richard Fletcher
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780141939292

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The Cross and the Crescent by Richard Fletcher Pdf

A short, brilliant account of the relations between Islam and Christianity from Muhammad to the Reformation. Fletcher argues that though there were trading and cultural interactions between Islam and Christianity during the period when Arabs controlled most of the Mediterranean world, neither side was remotely interested in the religion of the other. "Christian and Moslem lived side by side in a state of mutual religious aversion. Given these circumstances, if religious passions were to be stirred up, confrontation would probably be violent." He shows how religious misunderstanding and antagonism between "the peoples of the book" has been present since their earliest encounters.

Author : A. C. S. Peacock
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-08
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781474417136

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Islamisation by A. C. S. Peacock Pdf

The spread of Islam and the process of Islamisation (meaning both conversion to Islam and the adoption of Muslim culture) is explored in the twenty-four chapters of this volume. Taking a comparative perspective, both the historical trajectory of Islamisation and the methodological problems in its study are addressed, with coverage moving from Africa to China and from the seventh century to the start of the colonial period in 1800. Key questions are addressed. What is meant by Islamisation? How far was the spread of Islam as a religion bound up with the spread of Muslim culture? To what extent are Islamisation and conversion parallel processes? How is Islamisation connected to Arabisation? What role do vernacular Muslim languages play in the promotion of Muslim culture? The broad, comparative perspective allows readers to develop a thorough understanding of the process of Islamisation over eleven centuries of its history.

Author : Andrew Holt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1679 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798216172253

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Religion and World Civilizations [3 volumes] by Andrew Holt Pdf

An indispensable resource for readers investigating how religion has influenced societies and cultures, this three-volume encyclopedia assesses and synthesizes the many ways in which religious faith has shaped societies from the ancient world to today. Each volume of the set focuses on a different era of world history, ranging through the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds. Every volume is filled with essays that focus on religious themes from different geographical regions. For example, volume one includes essays considering religion in ancient Rome, while volume three features essays focused on religion in modern Africa. This accessible layout makes it easy for readers to learn more about the ways that religion and society have intersected over the centuries, as well as specific religious trends, events, and milestones in a particular era and place in world history. Taken as a a whole, this ambitious and wide-ranging work gathers more than 500 essays from more than 150 scholars who share their expertise and knowledge about religious faiths, tenets, people, places, and events that have influenced the development of civilization over the course of recorded human history.

Author : Daphna Ephrat,Ethel Sara Wolper,Paulo G. Pinto
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789004444270

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Saintly Spheres and Islamic Landscapes by Daphna Ephrat,Ethel Sara Wolper,Paulo G. Pinto Pdf

Saintly Spheres and Islamic Landscapes explores the creation, expansion, and perpetuation of the material and imaginary spheres of spiritual domination and sanctity that surrounded Sufi saints and became central to religious authority, Islamic piety, and the belief in the miraculous.