The Transmission of Knowledge in Medieval Cairo: A Social History of Islamic Education

by Jonathan Berkey and Jonathan P. Berkey

Book Overview

In rich detail Jonathan Berkey interprets the social and cultural consequences of Islam's regard for knowledge, showing how education in the Middle Ages played a central part in the religious experience of nearly all Muslims. Focusing on Cairo, which under Mamluk rule (1250-1517) was a vital intellectual center with a complex social system, the author describes the transmission of religious knowledge there as a highly personal process, one dependent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691606838
• ISBN13: 9780691606835
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"