Diverging paths? : the shapes of power and institutions in medieval Christendom and Islam
John Hudson|Ana Rodríguez López
Preface...ix John Hudson and Ana Rodriguez List of Contributors ...xiv Maps ...xvi Part 1: Approaches Explorations 1 Comparing Medieval Institutions: A Few Introductory Remarks...3 Gadi Algazi 2 Institutionalisation between Theory Practice: Comparative to Islamic Late Roman Law...16 Caroline Humfress 3 The Hisba, the Muhtasib Struggle over Political Power a Moral Economy: An Enquiry into Institutions...30 Susana Narotzky Eduardo Manzano 2: Themes Investigations Law Codification...57 4 Codification in Byzantium: From Justinian Leo VI ...59 Bernard H. Stolte 5 Western Middle Ages... 75 Emanuele Conte Magnus Ryan 6 Codifying Law: Case West ...98 Maribel Fierro 7 Codification: Conclusion...1...19 Resources Power...123 8 Cost States: Politics Exactions Christian (Sixth Fifteenth Centuries)...125 Sandro Carocci Simone M. Collavini 9 Landholding Early State...159 Hugh Kennedy 10 Mobilisation Fiscal Byzantine Empire (Eighth Eleventh Centuries)...182 Vivien Prigent 11 State, Aggregation Elites Redistribution Sicily Twelfth Centuries: Proposals for New Interpretation...230 Annliese Nef 12 Power: Conclusion...248 Palaces Places...253 13 Palace Complex...255 Stuart Airlie 14 Palaces, Itineraries Order Post-Carolingian Kingdoms...291 Simon MacLean 15 Monasteries: Organisation Space World until End Century...321 Michel Kaplan 16 'Abbasid Ceremonial...351 Nadia Maria El Cheikh 17 Places: Conclusion...371 Bibliography...377 Index Names Places...426
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