Transmission of Knowledge in Medieval Cairo
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 knowl...
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 knowl...
