Islam in the Middle Ages
Subtitle: the origins and shaping of classical Islamic civilization
By: Jacob Lassner and Michael Bonner.
Contributors: Bonner, Michael David.
Series: Praeger series on the Middle Ages
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780275985691; 9780313047091
Subjects: Islamic civilization; Islam -- History -- To 1500; Islamic Empire -- History -- 661-750; Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Arabia in the eve of Islam; title: Muhammad the prophet of Islam : origins; title: The prophet's mission : Mecca; title: The prophet's mission : Medina; title: The Meccan response and the triumph of the ummah; title: Succession, conquest, and expansion: the ummah becomes an 'Arab kingdom'; title: The Hashimite restoration : a revolution shaped by images of an idealized past; title: The split between the Hashimites : 'Alids versus Abbasids/Shi'ites versus Sunnites; title: Centralzing power : the rise of a universal Islamic empire; title: Emerging cracks within the universal Islamic empire; title: The changing political climate : heralding the end of the formative period of medieval Islam; title: The Qur'an and its commentators; title: The major themes of Muslim scripture; title: The formation of Islamic law and legal tradition; title: The formation of different schools of Islamic law; title: Islamic theology and popular religion.