The Transmission of Knowledge in Medieval Cairo: A Social History of Islamic Education

Jonathan Porter Berkey

The Transmission of Knowledge in Medieval Cairo: A Social History of Islamic Education
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Published
28 June 2016
Pages
252
ISBN
9780691635521

The Transmission of Knowledge in Medieval Cairo: A Social History of Islamic Education

Jonathan Porter Berkey

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 intellectual center with a complex social system, the aut

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