The ʿAbbasid and Carolingian empires : comparative studies in civilizational formation

Author(s)

• Tor, D. G. (Deborah Gerber)

Bibliographic Information

The ʿAbbasid and Carolingian empires : comparative studies in civilizational formation

edited by D.G. Tor

（Islamic history and civilization, v. 150）

Brill, c2018

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Circa AD 750, both the Islamic world and western Europe underwent political revolutions; these raised to power, respectively, the 'Abbasid and Carolingian dynasties. The eras thus inaugurated were similar not only in their chronology, but also in the foundational role each played in its respective civilization, forming and shaping enduring religious, cultural, and societal institutions. The 'Abbasid and Carolingian Empires: Studies in Civilizational Formation, is the first collected volume ever dedicated specifically to comparative Carolingian-'Abbasid history. In it, editor D.G. Tor brings together essays from some of the leading historians in order to elucidate some of the parallel developments in each of these civilizations, many of which persisted not only throughout the Middle Ages, but to the present day. Contributors are: Michael Cook, Jennifer R. Davis, Robert Gleave, Eric J. Goldberg, Minoru Inaba, Jurgen Paul, Walter Pohl, D.G. Tor and Ian Wood.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction The 'Abbasid and Carolingian Dynasties in Comparative Perspective D.G. Tor Political Power Inventing the Missi Delegating Power in the Late Eighth and Early Ninth Centuries Jennifer R. Davis Hasanwayh b. al-Husayn al-Kurdi (r. ca. 350-369/ca. 961-979) From Freehold Castles to Vassality? Jurgen Paul Culture, Ethnicity, and Geography The Emperor's Ass Hunting for the Asiatic Onager (Equus hemionus) in the 'Abbasid, Byzantine, and Carolingian Worlds Eric J. Goldberg Ethnicity in the Carolingian Empire Walter Pohl Across the Hindukush of the 'Abbasid Period Minoru Inaba Religion Columbanus, the Columbanian Tradition and Caesarius Ian Wood The Rebel and the Imam The Uprising of Zayd al-Nar and Shi'i Leadership Claims Robert Gleave Final Summation Comparing Carolingians and 'Abbasids Michael Cook Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB25036359
• ISBN:
  • 9789004349896
• LCCN: 2017037321
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: x, 231 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS38.6
  • DC23 : 909/.09767
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Abbasids
  • LCSH : Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258
  • LCSH : Carolingians -- History
  • LCSH : Islamic civilization
  • LCSH : Europe, Western -- Civilization
  • LCSH : Civilization, Medieval
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA22827088