Islamic Historiography

Name: Islamic Historiography
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ISBN: 9780521629362

ISBN-10: 0521629365

ISBN-13: 9780521629362

Edition: 2002

Authors: Chase F. Robinson, Patricia Crone

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A timely introduction to Islamic historiography from its origins in the 7th century to the 15th. The book covers the rise of the tradition, the historians' principal genres, assumptions and methods, and stresses the social and political functions of historical writing.

Book details

List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/11/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.54" wide x 9.21" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.792

Patricia Crone is Mellon Professor of Islamic History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. She is author of several books including Pre-industrial Societies: Anatomy of the Pre-modern World; Roman, Provincial, and Islamic Law; Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam;and Slaves on Horses: the Evolution of Islamic Polity.



List of plates


List of maps


Acknowledgements


Abbreviations


Glossary



the historians of the formative period



the historians of the classical period


Preface



Origins and Categories



Origins



The emergence of genre



Consequences and models



Three categories: biography, prosopography, chronography



Contexts



Historiography and traditionalism



Historiography and society



God and models of history



Historians and the truth



How Historians Worked



Vocations and professions



Writing history


Conclusion


Suggestions for further reading


Bibliography


Index