Mamluk History through Architecture

Monuments, Culture and Politics in Medieval Egypt and Syria

Autor: Nasser O. Rabbat

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Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing

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The most enduring testament to the Mamluk Sultanate is its architecture. Not only do Mamluk building...

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Autor

Nasser O. Rabbat

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2010

Pagini

276

EAN

9781845119645

ISBN

1845119649

Enbook ID

05096456

Editura

Bloomsbury Publishing

Greutate

966

Dimensiuni

196 x 250 x 24

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The most enduring testament to the Mamluk Sultanate is its architecture. Not only do Mamluk buildings embody one of the most outstanding medieval architectural traditions, Mamluk architecture is actually a key to the social history of the period. Analysing Mamluk constructions as a form of communication and documentation as well as a cultural index, "Mamluk History Through Architecture" shows how the buildings mirror the complex - and historically unique - military, political, social and financial structures of Mamluk society. With this original and authoritative study, Nasser Rabbat offers an innovative approach to the history of the Mamluks - through readings of the spectacular architecture of the period. Drawing on examples from throughout both Egypt and Syria, from the Citadel and Al-Azhar Mosque of Cairo to the Mausoleum of al-Zahir Baybars in Damascus, Rabbat demonstrates how Mamluk architecture served to reinforce visually the spirit of the counter-Crusade, when the Muslim world rebounded from the setbacks of the First Crusade. Both holistically and in case studies, Rabbat demonstrates how history is inscribed into and reflected by a culture's artefacts. This is a groundbreaking work in the study of architecture and social history in the Middle East and beyond.

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