The Mamluk Sultanate from the Perspective of Regional and World History: Economic, Social and Cultural Development in an Era of Increasing International Interaction and Competition (Mamluk Studies)

The Mamluk Sultanate represents an extremely interesting case study to examine social, economic and cultural developments in the transition into the rapidly changing modern world. On the one hand, it is the heir of a political and military tradition that goes back hundreds of years, and brought this to a high pitch that enabled astounding victories over serious external threats. On the other hand, as time went on, it was increasingly confronted with “modern” problems that would necessitate fundamental changes in its structure and content. The Mamluk period was one of great religious and social change, and in many ways the modern demographic map was established at this time. This volume shows that the situation of the Mamluk Sultanate was far from that of decadence, and until the end it was a vibrant society (although not without tensions and increasing problems) that did its best to adapt and compete in a rapidly changing world The Mamluk Sultanate represents an extremely interesting case study to examine social, economic and cultural developments in the transition into the rapidly changing modern world. On the one hand, it is the heir of a political and military tradition that goes back hundreds of years, and brought this to a high pitch that enabled astounding victories over serious external threats. On the other hand, as time went on, it was increasingly confronted with “modern” problems that would necessitate fundamental changes in its structure and content. The Mamluk period was one of great religious and social change, and in many ways the modern demographic map was established at this time. This volume will show that the situation of the Mamluk Sultanate, was far from that of decadence, and until the end it was a vibrant society (although not without tensions and increasing problems) that did its best to adapt and compete in a rapidly changing world Die Berliner Theologische Zeitschrift (BThZ) informiert uber gegenwartige theologische Entwicklungen, stellt sich aktuellen Fragen zur Situation der Kirche und der Gesellschaft und bietet ein Forum fur das Gesprach uber neue Einsichten und Forschungsresultate. Sie ist uber ihre Bedeutung fur das Profil der Theologie in Deutschland hinaus fur die theologische Fortbildung von Pfarrerinnen und Pfarrern, Religionspadagoginnen und Religionspadagogen ausserordentlich geeignet und wendet sich an alle theologisch Interessierten. Die Hefte haben entweder einen thematischen Schwerpunkt (z.B. Kirche, Asthetik, Theodizee) oder sind einer einzelnen theologischen Disziplin gewidmet (z. B. Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Kirchengeschichte, Systematische Theologie, Praktische Theologie, Religionswissenschaft). The Mamluk Sultanate represents an extremely interesting case study to examine social, economic and cultural developments in the transition into the rapidly changing modern world. On the own hand, it is the heir of a political and military tradition that goes back hundreds of years, and brought this to a high pitch that enabled astounding victories over serious external threats. On the other hand it was increasingly confronted with “modern” problems that would necessitate fundament changes in its structure and content This volume contributes to an in-depth social, economic and cultural examination of the Mamluk Sultanate within a broad regional and global context Social, economic and cultural developments in the era of the Mamluks (1250–1517)