World history as the history of foundations, 3000 BCE to 1500 CE / / Michael Borgolte ; [translated by Zachary Chitwood].
"In World History as the History of Foundations, 3000 BCE to 1500 CE, Michael Borgolte investigates the origins and development of foundations from Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages. In his survey foundations emerge not as mere legal institutions, but rather as "total social phenomen...
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| Superior document: | Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; volume 136 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2020. |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English German |
| Series: | Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East;
volume 136. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (783 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Religious basis and sovereign practice : intercultural comparisons
- Foundations for gods and ancestors
- Foundations for individuals after the revolution of the axial age
- Rulers as founders and policymakers of foundations
- Societal development and philanthropic motivations : towards a transcultural synthesis
- A transcultural synthesis.