Mediterranean Society V 1: The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Economic Foundations: 6 (Near Eastern Center, UCLA) - Image 1

£52.00

University of California Press Mediterranean Society V 1: The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Economic Foundations: 6 (Near Eastern Center, UCLA)

Name: Mediterranean Society V 1: The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Economic Foundations: 6 (Near Eastern Center, UCLA)
Brand: University of California Press
Price: 52.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

Medieval

Price data last checked 55 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£52 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 3 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 36 days • 36 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 36 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £52 (36 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £52 - £52

Price levels: 1 different prices over 36 days

Description

About the Author S. D. Goitein (1900-1985), scholar, administrator, professor, and author of 500 or more books and articles in Hebrew and English, worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton until his death. A Mediterranean Society was awarded the Haskins Medal of the Medieval Society after publication of the first two volumes. Subsequent volumes received the National Jewish Book Award. Product Description This six-volume 'portrait of a Mediterranean personality' is a composite portrait of the individuals who wrote the personal letters, contracts, and all other manuscript fragments that found their way into the Cairo Geniza. Most of the fragments from the Geniza, a storeroom for discarded writings that could not be thrown away because they might contain the name of God, had been removed to Cambridge University Library and other libraries around the world. Professor Goitein devoted the last thirty years of his long and productive life to their study, deciphering the language of the documents and organizing what he called a 'marvelous treasure trove of manuscripts' into a coherent, fascinating picture of the society that created them. It is a rich, panoramic view of how people lived, traveled, worshipped, and conducted their economic and social affairs. The first and second volumes describe the economic foundations of the society and the institutions and social and political structures that characterized the community. The remaining material, intended for a single volume describing the particulars of the way people lived, blossomed into three volumes, devoted respectively to the family, daily life, and the individual. The divisions are arbitrary but helpful because of the wealth of information. The author refers throughout to other passages in his monumental work that amplify what is discussed in any particular section. The result is an incomparably clear and immediate impression of how it was in the Mediterranean world of the tenth through the thirteenth century. Volume I, subtitled Economic Foundations: gives an overview of the Mediterranean (history, peoples, culture) during the high middle ages; discusses the working class; the business world, and government's role in commerce; and, provides a complete description of travel and seafaring. From the Inside Flap "One of the best comprehensive histories of a culture in this century."Amos Funkenstein, Stanford University

Product Specifications

Brand: University of California Press
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 0520004841
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Europe > Medieval
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 01 July 1992
Listed Since: 13 December 2006

Barcode

No barcode data available

University of California Press Mediterranean Society V 1: The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Economic Foundations: 6 (Near Eastern Center, UCLA)

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Intercultural Transmission in the Medieval Mediterranean

The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages: 4 Volumes

Early Medieval Europe 300–1050: A Guide for Studying and Teaching

Byzantium and the West: Perception and Reality (11th-15th c.)

L'Ibérie Chrétienne et le Maghreb (XIIe - XVe siècles) (Variorum Collected Studies)

Byzantium and the West: Perception and Reality (11th-15th c.)

The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 5, c.1198-c.1300 (The New Cambridge Medieval History, Series Number 5)

Rethinking Medieval Margins and Marginality (Studies in Medieval History and Culture)

World Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Modern Textual Culture (Oxford Textual Perspectives)

The German Ocean: Medieval Europe Around the North Sea (Studies in the Archaeology of Medieval Europe)

The Eastern Mediterranean Frontier of Latin Christendom (The Expansion of Latin Europe, 1000-1500)

Routledge Women, Wealth, and Community in Perpignan History

Los Origenes De La Economia Europea. Comunicaciones Y Comercio, 300-900 A.c (Serie Mayor)

Saracens and Franks in 12th - 15th Century European and Near Eastern Literature: Perceptions of Self and the Other

Wirtschaftsgeschichte der mittelalterlichen Juden: Fragen Und Einschätzungen: 71 (Schriften Des Historischen Kollegs)

Saracens and Franks in 12th - 15th Century European and Near Eastern Literature: Perceptions of Self and the Other

Women's Lives in Medieval Europe: Second Edition: A Sourcebook

Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500

Political Culture in the Latin West, Byzantium and the Islamic World, c.700–c.1500: A Framework for Comparing Three Spheres

The Central Middle Ages: 950-1320 (The Short Oxford History of Europe)

Mediterranean Society V 2: The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, The Community: 6 (Near Eastern Center, UCLA)

History in the Comic Mode: Medieval Communities and the Matter of Person

Early Medieval Europe, 300-1000: 4 (Bloomsbury History of Europe)

Commerce méditerranéen et banquiers italiens au Moyen Age: 362 (Variorum Collected Studies)