Between memory and power : the Syrian space under the late Umayyads and early Abbasids (c. 72-193/692-809) / by Antoine Borrut ; translated by Anna Bailey Galietti

"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 origin...

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Superior document:Handbook of Oriental studies. Section One, The Near and Middle East volume 162
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Boston : Brill, 2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
French
Series:Handbook of Oriental studies. Section One, The Near and Middle East volume 162
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Classification:15.76 - Vorderer und mittlerer Orient
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Physical Description:XXI, 513 Seiten; Karten, Diagramme
Notes:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [422]-495
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the English translation (2022)
  • Acknowledgements to the French edition (2011)
  • Translator's note
  • List of illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • A time of writings and rewritings: writing history in the Syrian space
  • A time of writings and rewritings: historiographic filters and Vulgates
  • A time of writings and rewritings: sources on the margins of the historiographic Vulgate?
  • The second/eight-century Syrian space: between memory and oblivion
  • The creation of Umayyad heroes Maslama B. 'Abd Al-Malik, combat hero
  • The creation of Umayyad Heroes: 'Umar B. 'Abd Al-'Aziz, the "holy" Caliph
  • Interpreting the Abbasid revolution in the Syrian space
  • Exercising power in the Syrian space in the second/eighth century: a history of meanings
  • Conclusion
  • Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index.