Between Memory and Power The Syrian Space Under the Late Umayyads and Early Abbasids (C. 72-193/692-809)

In Between Memory and Power, Antoine Borrut offers a fresh approach to early Islamic Syria from a perspective of history of memory, revealing Umayyad and Abbasid historiographical projects, as well as their practices of power.

About the author

Antoine Borrut is Associate Professor of Islamic History at the University of Maryland. He has published many articles and co-edited volumes, including Umayyad Legacies: Medieval Memories from Syria to Spain (Brill, 2010) and Christians and Others in the Umayyad State (Chicago, 2016).

Product details

• Authors: Antoine Borrut
• Assisted by: Anna Bailey Galietti (Editor), Anna Bailey Galietti (Translation)
• Publisher: Brill
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 27.07.2023
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9789004466319
• ISBN: 978-90-04-46631-9
• Pages: 516
• Dimensions (packing): 15.7 x 23.8 x 3.4 cm
• Weight (packing): 926 g
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies: > 162
• Subjects: Islam, Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, HISTORY / Middle East / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Social History, Religion - World Religions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General