Cultural brokers at Mediterranean courts in the Middle Ages: papers ... presented at a Conference on "Cultural Brokers Between Religions: Border-Crossers and Experts at Mediterranean Courts" held in Bochum on the 28th to 30th of October 2010

Intro -- CULTURAL BROKERS AT MEDITERRANEAN COURTS IN THE MIDDLE AGES -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Courts, Brokers and Brokerage in the Medieval Mediterranean -- Jews at the Mongol Court in Iran: Cultural Brokers or Minor Actors in a Cultural Boom? -- The Emergence of an Islamic Culture in Early Abbasid...

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Corporate Author: Conference on Cultural Brokers Between Religions: Border-Crossers and Experts at Mediterranean Courts, Bochum (Author)
Other Authors: Höh, Marc von der (Editor) , Jaspert, Nikolas (Editor) , Oesterle-El Nabbout, Jenny Rahel (Editor)
Format: Conference Paper Edited Volume
Language:English
Published: Boston Brill 2013
Series:Mittelmeerstudien 1
In: Mittelmeerstudien (1)

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Author Notes:Marc von der Höh, Nikolas Jaspert, Jenny Rahel Oesterle (eds.)
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Summary:Intro -- CULTURAL BROKERS AT MEDITERRANEAN COURTS IN THE MIDDLE AGES -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Courts, Brokers and Brokerage in the Medieval Mediterranean -- Jews at the Mongol Court in Iran: Cultural Brokers or Minor Actors in a Cultural Boom? -- The Emergence of an Islamic Culture in Early Abbasid Iraq: The Role of non-Arab Contributions -- Missionaries as Cultural Brokers at the Fatimid Court in Cairo -- Trujamanes and Scribes: Interpreting Mediation in Iberian Royal Courts -- Love Without Borders: Jewish and Muslim Paramours in 13th and 14th Century Castile -- Mendicants, Jews and Muslims at Court in the Crown of Aragon: Social Practice and Inter-Religious Communication -- Experts, Border-Crossers and Cultural Brokers: The Knowledge of Islam and Contacts to Islamic Cultures at the Curia in the 15th Century -- Muslim Embassies in Renaissance Venice: The Framework of an Intercultural Dialogue -- Cultural Brokers in Relation with the Byzantine Court in the Later 14th and 15th Centuries -- The Vice-Chancellors of the Hospitallers on Rhodes -- Cultural Brokers at the Court of Lusignan Cyprus -- Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages -- Index.
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ISBN:9783657775590