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Yuval Ben-Bassat (Ed.) Developing Perspectives in Mamluk History issn 0929-2403 brill.com/ihc BRILL BRILL ISLAMIC HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION. STUDIES AND TEXTS ihc 143 *hIJ0A4|TUQUWw isbn 978-90-04-34046-6 Islamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts covers the wide world of Islam, from its earliest appearance until pre- modern times, and from its western to its eastern boundaries. The series provides space for diachronic studies of a dynasty or region, research into individual themes or issues, annotated translations and text editions, and conference proceedings related to Islamic history. Yuval Ben-Bassat, Ph.D. (2007), University of Chicago, is senior lecturer at the Department of Middle Eastern History, University of Haifa. He has published extensively on Greater Syria during the late Ottoman period, including Petitioning the Sultan: Protests and Justice in Late Ottoman Palestine (Tauris 2013). Developing Perspectives in Mamluk History Essays in Honor of Amalia Levanoni Edited by Yuval Ben-Bassat The present volume contains seventeen essays on the Mamluk Sultanate, an Islamic Empire of slaves whose capital was in Cairo between the 13th and the 16th centuries, written by leading historians of this period. It discusses topics as varied as social and cultural issues, women in Mamluk society, literary and poetical genres, the politics of material culture, and regional and local politics. The volume presents state of the art scholarship in the field of Mamluk studies as well as an in-depth review of recent developments. Mamluk studies have expanded considerably in recent years and today interests hundreds of active researchers worldwide who write in numerous languages and constitute a vivid and strong community of researchers, some of whose best research is presented in this volume. With contributions by Reuven Amitai; Frédéric Bauden; Yuval Ben-Bassat; Joseph Drory; Élise Franssen; Yehoshua Frenkel; Li Guo; Daisuke Igarashi; Yaacov Lev; Bernadette Martel-Thoumian; Carl Petry; Warren Schultz; Boaz Shoshan; Hana Taragan; Bethany J. Walker; Michael Winter; Koby Yosef; Limor Yungman. Brill_IHC143.qxp_SPINE =23mm 06-06-17 12:13 Pagina 1
