The Mamluk Sultanate from the Perspective of Regional and World History - Economic, Social and Cultural Development in an Era of Increasing International Interaction and Competition

The Mamluk Sultanate represents an extremely interesting case study to examine social, economic and cultural developments in the transition into the rapidly changing modern world. On the one hand, it is the heir of a political and military tradition that goes back hundreds of years, and brought this to a high pitch that enabled astounding victories over serious external threats. On the other hand, as time went on, it was increasingly confronted with "modern" problems that would necessitate fundamental changes in its structure and content. The Mamluk period was one of great religious and social change, and in many ways the modern demographic map was established at this time. This volume shows that the situation of the Mamluk Sultanate was far from that of decadence, and until the end it was a vibrant society (although not without tensions and increasing problems) that did its best to adapt and compete in a rapidly changing world.

About the author

Stephan Conermann (Prof. Dr.) ist Professor für Islamwissenschaft an der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn. Zu seinen Forschungsschwerpunkten zählen Transformationsprozesse in islamischen Gesellschaften, narrative Strategien in vormodernen Texten muslimischer Autoren, der Islam in Indien bis zur Neuzeit, Kultur und Geschichte der Mamlukenzeit und die deutsche Orientalistik im Spannungsfeld kulturwissenschaftlicher Methodenvielfalt.

Product details

• Assisted by: Reuve Amitai (Editor), Reuven Amitai (Editor), Conermann (Editor), Conermann (Editor), Stephan Conermann (Editor)
• Publisher: V&R unipress
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2019
• EAN: 9783847104117
• ISBN: 978-3-8471-0411-7
• No. of pages: 535
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 236 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 902 g
• Illustrations: with 14 figures
• Series: Mamluk Studies; Mamluk Studies 011; Mamluk Studies 013; Mamluk Studies; Mamluk Studies 013
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity