The Written Word in the Medieval Arabic Lands : : A Social and Cultural History of Reading Practices / / Konrad Hirschler.
Winner of the 2012 BRISMES book prizeHow the written text became accessible to wider audiences in medieval Egypt and SyriaMedieval Islamic societies belonged to the most bookish cultures of their period. Using a wide variety of documentary, narrative and normative sources, Konrad Hirschler explores...
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