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Between Memory and Power: The Syrian Space Under the Late Umayyads and Early Abbasids (C. 72-193/692-809) - Couverture rigide

Borrut, Antoine

 
9789004466319: Between Memory and Power: The Syrian Space Under the Late Umayyads and Early Abbasids (C. 72-193/692-809)
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ISBN 10 : 9004466312 ISBN 13 : 9789004466319
Editeur : Brill, 2023

Synopsis

Between Memory and Power intends to demonstrate that a robust culture of historical writing existed in 2nd/8th century Syria, and to offer new methodological approaches to access this now lost history, torn between memory and oblivion. By studying the making of Umayyad heroes or Abbasid origins-myths, this book aims to reveal the successive meanings granted to Syrian history, and to identify the various layers of historical writing and rewriting during the first centuries of Islam. Taken together, these elements make possible a history of meanings of the very space of Syria, articulated around power and its expression, which grants a clear coherence to the period, extending well beyond the dynastic caesura of 132/750.

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À propos de l'auteur

Antoine Borrut is Associate Professor of Islamic History at the University of Maryland. He has published many articles and co-edited volumes, including Umayyad Legacies: Medieval Memories from Syria to Spain (Brill, 2010) and Christians and Others in the Umayyad State (Chicago, 2016).

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004466312
ISBN 13 
9789004466319
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
544
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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