Proceedings of the 16th, 17th and 18th International Colloquium Organized at Ghent University in May 2007, 2008 and 2009
Summary:
The seventh volume of proceedings of the International Colloquia on the
History of Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras covers
the 16th, 17th and 18th gatherings, organized at Ghent University in 2007,
2008 and 2009. True to tradition, the 28 articles deal with a wide variety
of scholarly subjects, all revolving around the central theme of
Syro-Egypt's high and late medieval history. Topics dealt with include
archaeology, architecture, codicology, economic, political, and religious
history, as well as belles-lettres. With contributions by C.D. Baker, M.
Brett, P.-V. Claverie, N. Coureas, K. Damgaard, J. Drory, J.-Ch. Ducène,
Y. Frenkel, H. Halm, H. Hanisch, A.R. Lalani, S. Laor-Sirak, Y. Lev, P.
Lewicka, J.-M. Mouton & B. Dayoub, L. Richter-Bernburg, A. Schippers, A.
Stewart, J. Yeshaya and Th.M. Wijntjes.