Empire and Elites after the Muslim Conquest: The Transformation of Northern Mesopotamia (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)

В своей книге Чейз Робинсон исследует политические, социальные и экономические преобразования в северной Месопотамии после мусульманских завоеваний. Используя арабские и сирийские источники в ходе аргументации, автор сосредотачивается на мусульманских и христианских элитах, демонстрируя, что непосредственные эффекты завоеваний были довольно скромные. Существенное социальное изменения имели место только в конце седьмого столетия с началом правления марванидов. Даже тогда, по мнению автора, социальная власть сосредотачивалась в руках местных элит. Образцы сканов: (http://ipicture.ru/Gallery/Viewfull/9525856.html) (http://ipicture.ru/Gallery/Viewfull/9525860.html) (http://ipicture.ru/Gallery/Viewfull/9525864.html) "The study of the early Islamic historical tradition has flourished in recent years with the emergence of a new and innovative scholarship no longer dependent on traditional narratival approaches. Chase Robinson's book, which takes full account of the latest research, interweaves history and historiography to interpret the political, social and economic transformations in Northern Mesopotamia after the Islamic conquests. Using Arabic and Syriac sources to elaborate his argument, the author focuses on the Muslim and Christian elites, demonstrating that the immediate effects of the conquests were in fact modest ones. Significant social change took place only at the end of the seventh century with the imposition of Marwanid rule. Even then, the author argues, social power was diffused in the hands of local elites. This is a sophisticated study at the cutting edge of a burgeoning field in Islamic studies."--BOOK JACKET. The study of early Islamic historical tradition has flourished with the emergence of an innovative scholarship no longer dependent on more traditional narratival approaches. Chase Robinson's book, first published in 2000, takes full account of the research available and interweaves history and historiography to interpret the political, social and economic transformations in the Mesopotamian region after the Islamic conquests. Using Arabic and Syriac sources to elaborate his argument, the author focuses on the Muslim and Christian élites, demonstrating that the immediate effects of the conquests were in fact modest ones. Significant social change took place only at the end of the seventh century with the imposition of Marwanid rule. Even then, the author argues, social power was diffused in the hands of local élites. This is a sophisticated study in a burgeoning field in Islamic studies Chase Robinson's book, which takes full account of the research available, interweaves history and historiography to interpret the political, social and economic transformations in the Mesopotamian region after the Islamic conquests. Using Arabic and Syriac sources to elaborate his argument, the author focuses on the Muslim and Christian élites, demonstrating that the immediate effects of the conquests were in fact modest ones. Significant social change took place only at the end of the seventh century with the imposition of Marwanid rule. Even then, the author argues, social power was diffused in the hands of local élites The study of early Islamic history has flourished in recent years. Chase Robinson's book takes full account of the latest research, interweaving history and historiography to interpret the political, social, and economic transformations in the Mesopotamian region after the Islamic conquests. Using Arabic and Syriac sources, the author focuses on the Muslim and Christian elites, demonstrating that significant social change took place only at the end of the seventh century. This is a sophisticated study at the cutting-edge of a burgeoning field in Islamic studies. The literary material upon which one must base a seventh- and eight-century history of the Jazira and Mosul generally dates from the ninth and tenth; with the exception of al-Azdi's history, it was also written by non-Jazirans and non Mosulis.