Purity Lost: Transgressing Boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1000-1400

by Steven A. Epstein

Purity Lost investigates the porous nature of social, political, and religious boundaries prevalent in the eastern Mediterranean--from the Black Sea to Egypt--during the Middle Ages. In this intriguing study, Steven A. Epstein finds that people consistently defied, overlooked, or transcended restrictions designed to preserve racial and cultural purity in order to establish relationships with those different from themselves.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801884845
• ISBN13: 9780801884849
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher