The Islamic-Byzantine Border in History
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The Islamic-Byzantine Border in History by Deborah Tor
Explores the significance of the Islamic-Byzantine border from the rise of Islam to the end of the Crusades
"This important volume challenges us to rethink how we understand the frontier, both culturally and geographically, between the Byzantine and Islamic worlds from the 7th century CE onwardsIts eleven chapters present cutting-edge research and establish a new baseline from which this key region must now be studied." -John F. Haldon, Princeton University
D.G. Tor is Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, specialising in the history of the pre-thirteenth century Medieval Middle East and Central Asia. Tor’s publications include the books Violent Order: Religious Warfare, Chivalry, and the ʿAyyār Phenomenon in the Medieval Islamic World (2007); The ʿAbbasid and Carolingian Empires: Studies in Civilizational Formation (2017); together with A.C.S. Peacock, Medieval Central Asia and the Persianate World: Iranian Tradition and Islamic Civilisation (2015); and, with Minoru Inaba, The History and Culture of Iran and Central Asia: From the Pre-Islamic to the Islamic Period (2022). Tor has won numerous major research grants and awards, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; the American Council of Learned Societies; the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies; the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies; and Harvard University. Tor is also the Medieval History editor and a board member of the journal Iranian Studies. Alexander D. Beihammer is Heiden Family College Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, specializing in Byzantine History. His books include Byzantium and the Emergence of Muslim-Turkish Anatolia, ca. 1040-1130 (2019); with Maria Parani and Christoph Schabel, Diplomatics in the Eastern Mediterranean 1000-1500: Aspects of Cross-cultural Communication (2008); Quellenkritische Untersuchungen Zu Den Agyptischen Kapitulationsvertragen Der Jahre 640-646 (2000).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781399513029 |
| ISBN 10 | 1399513028 |
| Title | The Islamic-Byzantine Border in History |
| Author | Deborah Tor |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Year published | 2023-02-21 |
| Number of pages | 257 |
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