Learning in a Crusader City: Intellectual Activity and Intercultural Exchanges in Acre, 1191-1291

ISBN-13: 9781316637715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 234 str.

Jonathan Rubin

Opis

Offers an unprecedentedly rich portrait of the vibrant intellectual and intercultural exchanges sparked by the Crusades in thirteenth-century Acre.

Recenzje

'Rubin has successfully put Acre back on the medieval intellectual map, and his work should be of interest not only to historians of the Crusades, but also to anyone interested in the wider topics of learning and intercultural interaction in the Mediterranean World.' George Summers, Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Intellectual activity in Acre: socio-cultural characteristics; 2. Acre's Christian and Jewish centres of teaching and learning; 3. Language and translation; 4. Acre as a meeting point of juridical traditions; 5. The study of Islam; 6. Theological exchanges with oriental Christians; Conclusion; Appendix: the relation of the used texts to Acre; Bibliography.