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Islam and the Medieval West : Aspects of Intercultural Relations : Papers Presented At the Ninth Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, State University of New York At Binghamton
Papers Presented at the Ninth Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies State University of New York at Binghamton
State University of New York Press / Albany
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1980 State University of New York All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Islam and the Medieval West. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1 Islamic EmpireRelations (general) with Europe Congresses. 2. EuropeRelations (general) with the Islamic EmpireCongresses. I. Semaan, Khalil I. II. New York (State). State University at Binghamton. Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies. DS36.855.176301.29'17'6710479-18678 ISBN 0-87395-409-2
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Preface
The Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, CEMERS, State University of New York at Binghamton, is pleased to present this second volume on Islam and the Medieval West containing six of the thirteen papers given at its Ninth Annual Conference, held at Binghamton, N.Y. from 2-4 May, 1975. The first volume, Stanley Ferber, Editor, appeared in May of 1975. It contained four papers; "Muslim Decorative Art and Painting and their Impact on the Medieval West" by Richard Ettinghausen, "Islamic Ceramics: A Source of Inspiration for Medieval European Art" by Rudolf Schnyder, ''The Two Sicilies" by James D. Breckenridge, "Islamic Architecture and the West" by Oleg Grabar, and the editor's concluding section entitled "Islamic Art and the Medieval Westthe State of the Question." The first volume of Islam and the Medieval West is available from State University of New York Press, Albany, New York.
In this second volume, prior commitments prevent the inclusion of three papers: S. Jadon's "The Mss of Mufarrih al-Nafs, its author and its Impact," I. Shahid's "Muslim Thrust against Europe: Three Battles," and P. Chalmeta's "The Clash between Abd al-Rahman III and the Christians at Simancas-Alhandega: a New Interpretation." This is regrettable because all three papers are valuable and of interest to Medievalists. The papers presented here deal with six different subjects; they have in common only the fact that they each represent a sample of Orientalist research with Medieval Islam at its cultural axis.
The first paper is by Claude Cahen of the Sorbonne. It was delivered in French. Professor Cahen agreed to have the Translation Center of State University of New York at Binghamton render it into English,
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which job was entrusted to Ms. Karen Grossman under the supervision of Professor Marilyn G. Rose. Both Professor Cahen and the editor approve the English version as accurately faithful to the French original. Mr. Cahen's paper discusses the work of Henri Pirenne, Maurice Lombard, Sture Bolin and others; he reproaches both Medieval Muslim historians and Western Medievalists, the first for ignoring the researches of their Occidental colleagues, the latter for not going beyond the middle of the tenth century in their work on the commercial relations between East and West during the Middle Ages.
Professor Cahen describes the consequences of Arab conquests on international commerce. He tries to answer questions such as "What could have taken place when the wheat of Egypt, instead of being exported to the West, began being shipped to Arabia? What were the consequences of the disappearance of the Sasanian Court? What happened when the Lombards, the least Europeanized Germanic tribes, invaded Italy? Was it possible for trade routes to operate when Ravenna, Venice and other southern ports remained under Byzantium? And was it possible then to travel in the Balkan area where Slavic tribes were operating?" Only the reader can judge the logical accuracy of the attempted replies.
The second paper is by Professor George Makdisi of the University of Pennsylvania; it deals with the "Origin and Development of the College in Islam and the West." Professor Makdisi takes his reader on a journey through the historical alleys of the development of the madrasa and Muslim collegiate structure, and the venerable universities of Europe and colonial America. He then discusses both developments and concludes that "the university in its early history is strictly a product of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. Islam borrowed it in modern times, in the second half of the nineteenth century." The college, however, Mr. Makdisi judges, is originally a Muslim institution.
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