Culture and Memory in Medieval Islam (I.B.Tauris in Association With the Institute of Ismaili Studies)

by Farhad Daftary (Editor), JosefMeri (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2003

  $52.55

  A study of themes relating to memory, memorization, memorializing or commemorating in a variety of historical, legal, literary and architectural contexts, this text examines lists and maps as memory aids, the transmission of knowledge and traditions from medieval to early modern times and the application of medieval notions of law and statecraft.