Islamic Historiography

Informationen zum Autor Chase F. Robinson is University Lecturer in Islamic History at the University of Oxford. His publications include Empire and Elites after the Muslim Conquest: The Transformation of Northern Mesopotamia (2000). Klappentext An accessible guide into the complex field of Islamic historiography. Zusammenfassung Chase Robinson's book offers a well-composed and timely introduction to Islamic historiography from its origins in the seventh century to the fifteenth. The book covers the rise of the tradition! the historians' principal genres! assumptions and methods! and stresses the social and political functions of historical writing. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of plates; List of maps; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Glossary; Chronology I: the historians of the formative period; Chronology II: the historians of the classical period; Preface; Part I. Origins and Categories: 1. Origins; 2. The emergence of genre; 3. Consequences and models; 4. Three categories: biography, prosopography, chronography; Part II. Contexts: 5. Historiography and traditionalism; 6. Historiography and society; 7. God and models of history; 8. Historians and the truth; Part III. How Historians Worked: 9. Vocations and professions; 10. Writing history; Conclusion; Suggestions for further reading; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Chase Robinson, Chase F. Robinson, Chase F. (University of Oxford) Robinson
• Assisted by: Patricia Crone (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.12.2002
• EAN: 9780521629362
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62936-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Themes in Islamic History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics