"Jews lived in Egypt over many centuries, from biblical times until the middle of the previous century. Nevertheless, Jewish life in medieval Islamic Egypt was for many years an obscure and understudied theme. The present book offers the reader a wide-ranging picture of Jewish l…
"Jews lived in Egypt over many centuries, from biblical times until the middle of the previous century. Nevertheless, Jewish life in medieval Islamic Egypt was for many years an obscure and understudied theme. The present book offers the reader a wide-ranging picture of Jewish l…
Introduction. Writing the history of the Zirids and Normans -- Geographic orientations and the rise of the Fatimids -- The contest for Sicily in the eleventh century -- Commerce and conflict from 1087 to 1123 -- The end of the emirate and the beginning of the kingdom -- The Norm…
"This book examines the interconnected histories of the Zirids of Ifriqiya and the Normans of Sicily during the Middle Ages. In doing so, it shows the substantial economic, political, and cultural connections between them as well as the larger importance of the Zirids to the his…
"This book examines the interconnected histories of the Zirids of Ifriqiya and the Normans of Sicily during the Middle Ages. In doing so, it shows the substantial economic, political, and cultural connections between them as well as the larger importance of the Zirids to the his…
"Gerd Althoff's new book collects fifteen of his more recent contributions, most of them previously published in German, which elucidate the functioning of prestate societies. Examples from the Frankish and later German realm (800-1200) are used to clarify how rules and politica…
"Gerd Althoff's new book collects fifteen of his more recent contributions, most of them previously published in German, which elucidate the functioning of prestate societies. Examples from the Frankish and later German realm (800-1200) are used to clarify how rules and politica…
Part 1. Introduction -- What exactly are Spielregeln? -- Spielregeln and rituals -- Spielregeln, order of rank and conflicts -- Part 2. Rules -- Authority and violence of kings in tenth and eleventh century Germany -- Rules of conflict among the warrior aristocracy of the High M…
Part 1. Introduction -- What exactly are Spielregeln? -- Spielregeln and rituals -- Spielregeln, order of rank and conflicts -- Part 2. Rules -- Authority and violence of kings in tenth and eleventh century Germany -- Rules of conflict among the warrior aristocracy of the High M…
"Gerd Althoff's new book collects fifteen of his more recent contributions, most of them previously published in German, which elucidate the functioning of prestate societies. Examples from the Frankish and later German realm (800-1200) are used to clarify how rules and politica…
