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Political culture in the Latin west, Byzantium and the Islamic world, c.700-c.1500 : a framework for comparing three spheres /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Other Authors: Holmes, Catherine, 1968- (Editor), Shepard, Jonathan (Editor), Steenbergen, J. van (Editor), Weiler, Björn K. U. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Political culture.
Comparative government.
Civilization, Medieval.
Europe > Politics and government > 476-1492.
Byzantine Empire > Politics and government.
Islamic countries > Politics and government.
476-1492
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Political culture in three spheres : introduction / Catherine Holmes, Jonathan Shepard, Jo Van Steenbergen and Björn Weiler
  • Reflections on political culture in three spheres / R. Stephen Humphreys
  • Comparing the three spheres through the prism of the sources / Jonathan Shepard
  • The Latin west : sources / Björn Weiler and Jonathan Shepard
  • Byzantium : sources / Jonathan Shepard
  • The Islamic world : sources / Jo Van Steenbergen and Jonathan Shepard
  • The Latin west : pluralism in the shadow of the past / Len Scales
  • Byzantium : one or many? / Catherine Holmes
  • The Islamic world : conquest, migration and accommodating diversity / Andrew Marsham, Eric Hanne and Jo Van Steenbergen
  • The Latin west : expectations and legitimisation / Björn Weiler
  • Byzantium : imperial order, Constantinopolitan ceremonial and pyramids of power / Judith Herrin
  • The Islamic world : community, leadership and contested patterns of continuity / Andrew Marsham, Eric Hanne and Jo Van Steenbergen
  • The Latin west : multiple elites and overlapping jurisdictions / Daniel Power
  • Byzantium : 'To have and to hold'
  • the acquisition and maintenance of elite power / Rosemary Morris
  • The Islamic world : nomads, urban elites and courts in competition / Andrew Marsham, Eric Hanne and Jo Van Steenbergen
  • Comparisons, connections and conclusions / Jonathan Shepard.