Diverging paths? : : the shapes of power and institutions in medieval Christendom and Islam / / edited by John Hudson, Ana Rodríguez ; contributors, Stuart Airlie [and eighteen others].

• Superior document: Medieval Mediterranean, Volume 101
• TeilnehmendeR: Hudson, John, 1962-; Rodríguez López, Ana,; Airlie, Stuart,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Medieval Mediterranean ; Volume 101.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (455 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Comparing Medieval Institutions: A Few Introductory Remarks /; Institutionalisation between Theory and Practice: Comparative Approaches to Medieval Islamic and Late Roman Law /; The Hisba, the Muhtasib and the Struggle over Political Power and a Moral Economy: An Enquiry into Institutions /; Codification in Byzantium: From Justinian to Leo VI /; Codification in the Western Middle Ages /; Codifying the Law: The Case of the Medieval Islamic West /; Law and Codification: Conclusion /; The Cost of States: Politics and Exactions in the Christian West (Sixth to Fifteenth Centuries) /; Landholding and Law in the Early Islamic State /; The Mobilisation of Fiscal Resources in the Byzantine Empire (Eighth to Eleventh Centuries) /; State, Aggregation of the Elites and Redistribution of Resources in Sicily in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries: Proposals for a New Interpretation /; Resources and Power: Conclusion /; The Palace Complex /; Palaces, Itineraries and Political Order in the Post-Carolingian Kingdoms /; Monasteries: Institutionalisation and Organisation of Space in the Byzantine World until the End of the Twelfth Century /; The Institutionalisation of ‘Abbāsid Ceremonial /; Palaces and Places: Conclusion /; Bibliography /; Index of Names and Places /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004277870
• ISSN: 0928-5520
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by John Hudson, Ana Rodríguez ; contributors, Stuart Airlie [and eighteen others].

Diverging Paths? investigates an important question, to which the answers must be very complex: “why did certain sorts of institutionalisation and institutional continuity characterise government and society in Christendom by the later Middle Ages, but not the Islamic world, whereas the reverse end-point might have been predicted from the early medieval situation?” This core question lies within classic historiographical debates, to which the essays in the volume, written by leading medievalists, make significant contributions. The papers, drawing on a wide range of evidence and methodologies, span the middle ages, chronologically and geographically. At the same time, the core question relates to matters of strong contemporary interest, notably the perceived characteristics of power exercised within Islamic Middle Eastern regimes. Contributors are Stuart Airlie, Gadi Algazi, Sandro Carocci, Simone Collavini, Emanuele Conte, Nadia El Cheikh, Maribel Fierro, John Hudson, Caroline Humfress, Michel Kaplan, Hugh Kennedy, Simon MacLean, Eduardo Manzano, Susana Naroztky, Annliese Nef, Vivien Prigent, Ana Rodríguez, Magnus Ryan and Bernard Stolte.