Towns and material culture in the medieval Middle East / / edited by Yaacov East.

• Superior document: The Medieval Mediterranean ; Volume 28
• Author: Bar-Ilan University. Faculty of Jewish studies
• TeilnehmendeR: East, Yaacov,; Bar-Ilan University. Faculty of Jewish studies
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Medieval Mediterranean ; Volume 28.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This volume focuses on the interplay between urban society and material culture in the medieval and Ottoman Middle East. The history of Jerusalem in the middle ages is discussed by a number of papers as well as Mamluk Tripoli and the urban history of Palestine during the Crusades. The multi-role of the cadi in the Muslim city is illuminated by two studies cases concerning the Fatimid and Mamluk periods. Three aspects of material culture; the production and spread of paper, textiles and the trade in medicinal substances also are dealt with.

Table of Contents

Preface -- List of Abbreviations and Illustrations -- Contributors -- 1. The Seljuks in Jerusalem / Shimon Gat...1 -- 2. The Frankish Impact on the Urban Landscape of Medieval Palestine / Michael Ehrlich...41 -- 3. Tripoli Reinvented: A Case of Mamluk Urbanization / Nimrod Luz...53 -- 4. Hospices and Hospitals in Mamluk Jerusalem / Dan Bahat...73 -- 5. The Cadi and the Urban Society: The Case Study of Medieval Egypt, 9th-12th Centuries / Yaacov Lev...89 -- 6. Is There an Islamic Space? Urban and Social Issues, as Reflected in the Qadi (Cadi) Courts of Egpyt and Syria (13th-16th Centuries) / Yehoshua Frenkel...103 -- 7. The History of the Paper Industry in al-Sham in the Middle Ages / Zohar Amar...119 -- 8. Medieval Mediterranean Textiles, Basketry, and Cordage Newly Excavated in Israel / Orit Shamir, Alisa Baginski...135 -- 9. Trade of Medical Substances in the Medieval and Ottoman Levant (Bilad al-Sham) / Efraim Lev...159 -- Index...185.