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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Author / Creator: Berkey, Jonathan Porter (Auteur)
Format: eBook Électronique
Langue:English
Imprint: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1992]
Collection:Princeton studies on the Near East.
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