Medieval Islam: A Study in Cultural Orientation

✍ Scribed by von Grunebaum, Gustave E.

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Year: 1953
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 392
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS......Page 8
I. ISLAM IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD: THE MOOD OF THE TIMES......Page 14
II. ISLAM IN THE MEDlEV AL WORLD: CHRISTENDOM AND ISLAM......Page 44
III. THE RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: REVELATION......Page 77
IV. THE RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: PIETY......Page 121
V. THE BODY POLITIC: LAW AND THE STATE......Page 155
VI. THE BODY POLITIC: THE SOCIAL ORDER......Page 183
VII. THE HUMAN IDEAL......Page 234
VIII. SELF-EXPRESSION: LITERATURE AND HISTORY.......Page 271
IX. CREATIVE BORROWING: GREECE IN THE "ARABIAN NIGHTS"......Page 307
X. CONCLUSION......Page 333
ADDENDA......Page 362
INDEX......Page 374