Holy City of Medina - Sacred Space in Early Islamic Arabia

Examines the emergence of Medina as a holy city, focusing on the historical developments of the first three Islamic centuries.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Haram and him¿: sacred space in the pre-Islamic Hij¿z; 2. Muhammad and the Constitution of Medina: the declaration of Medina's haram; 3. Debating sanctity: the validity of Medina's haram; 4. The construction of a sacred topography; 5. Following in the Prophet's footsteps, visiting his grave: early Islamic pilgrimage to Medina; 6. The Prophet's inheritance: Medina's emergence as a holy city in the first-third/seventh-ninth centuries; Conclusion.

About the author

Harry Munt is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Oriental Institute and Wolfson College at the University of Oxford.

Product details

• Authors: Harry Munt, Harry (University of Oxford) Munt, Munt Harry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2018
• EAN: 9781107678958
• ISBN: 978-1-107-67895-8
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic C; Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization; Cambridge Studies in Islamic C
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General, Saudi Arabia, Religious buildings, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Islamic Life & Practice, Islamic worship, rites & ceremonies, Islamic life and practice, Architecture: religious buildings