The transmission of knowledge in medieval Cairo : a social history of Islamic education /
In rich detail Jonathan Berkey interprets the social and cultural consequences of Islam's regard for knowledge, showing how education in the Middle Ages played a central part in the religious experience of nearly all Muslims. Focusing on Cairo, which under Mamluk rule (1250-1517) was a vital in...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1992] |
| Series: | Princeton studies on the Near East.
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |