Purity Lost - Transgressing Boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean, 10001400

Informationen zum Autor Steven A. Epstein is the Ahmanson-Murphy Distinguished Professor of Medieval History at the University of Kansas. Klappentext This intriguing study investigates the porous nature of social, political, and religious boundaries prevalent in the eastern Mediterranean -- from the Black Sea to Egypt -- during the Middle Ages. Steven A. Epstein finds that people consistently defied, overlooked, or transcended restrictions designed to preserve racial and cultural purity in order to establish relationships with those different from themselves. Zusammenfassung Epstein reveals the modern view of cultural! ethnic! and religious purity in the early modern Mediterranean as a mirage! and he offers new insights into how present-day conceptions about creed! color! ethnicity! and language originated.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Steven Epstein, Steven A Epstein, Steven A. Epstein, Steven A. (Ahmanson-Murphy Distinguished Epstein, Steven A. (Ahmanson-Murphy Distinguished Professor of Medieval History Epstein
• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 25.02.2007
• EAN: 9780801884849
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8484-9
• Seiten: 264
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Serien: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science; Johns Hopkins University Studi; The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science; Johns Hopkins University Studi
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Mittelalter; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, General and world history, Mediterranean countries, Mediterranean countries / Mediterranean basin