Description: Further DetailsTitle: Roma in the Medieval Islamic WorldCondition: NewSubtitle: Literacy, Culture, and MigrationISBN-10: 0755635817EAN: 9780755635818ISBN: 9780755635818Publisher: I.B. TaurisFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/01/2022Description: Winner of the 2022 Dan David Prize for outstanding scholarship that illuminates the past and seeks to anchor public discourse in a deeper understanding of historyWinner of the 2023 Medieval Academy of America Monica H. Green Prize for Distinguished Medieval ResearchHonorable Mention in the 2023 Middle East Medievalists Book PrizeIn Middle Eastern cities as early as the mid-8th century, the Sons of Sasan begged, trained animals, sold medicinal plants and potions, and told fortunes. They captivated the imagination of Arab writers and playwrights, who immortalized their strange ways in poems, plays, and the Thousand and One Nights. Using a wide range of sources, Richardson investigates the lived experiences of these Sons of Sasan, who changed their name to Ghuraba’ (Strangers) by the late 1200s. This name became the Arabic word for the Roma and Roma-affiliated groups also known under the pejorative term ‘Gypsies’. This book uses mostly Ghuraba’-authored works to understand their tribal organization and professional niches as well as providing a glossary of their language Sin. It also examines the urban homes, neighborhoods, and cemeteries that they constructed. Within these isolated communities they developed and nurtured a deep literary culture and astrological tradition, broadening our appreciation of the cultural contributions of medieval minority communities. Remarkably, the Ghuraba’ began blockprinting textual amulets by the 10th century, centuries before printing on paper arrived in central Europe. When Roma tribes migrated from Ottoman territories into Bavaria and Bohemia in the 1410s, they may have carried this printing technology into the Holy Roman Empire.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Kristina RichardsonGenre: HistoryBook Series: Early and Medieval Islamic WorldRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Roma in the Medieval Islamic World
Title: Roma in the Medieval Islamic World
Subtitle: Literacy, Culture, and Migration
ISBN-10: 0755635817
EAN: 9780755635818
ISBN: 9780755635818
Release Date: 12/01/2022
Release Year: 2022
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Roma in the Medieval Islamic World : Literacy, Culture, and Migration
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited
Subject: Islamic Studies, Middle East / General
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.8 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.3 Oz
Author: Kristina Richardson
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Width: 6.2 in
Series: Early and Medieval Islamic World Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
