Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-88402-433-0
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Byzantine Studies

Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century, Volume 2, Part 1: Toponymy, Monuments, Historical Geography, and Frontier Studies is a topical study of the military, religious, and civil structures of the Ghassanids. Irfan Shahîd’s detailed study of Arab buildings of the sixth century illuminates how Byzantine provincial art and architecture were adopted and adapted by the federate Arabs for their own use. As monuments of Christian architecture, these federate structures constitute the missing link in the development of Arab architecture in the region between the earlier pagan (Nabataean and Palmyrene) and later Muslim (Umayyad) styles. Drawing from literary and material evidence, Shahîd argues that the Ghassanids were not nomadic, as traditionally believed, but thoroughly sedentary both in their roots and in the late Roman frontier zone they inherited.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shahîd, Irfan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Byzantinische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Shahîd, Irfan
Irfan Shahîd (1926–2016) was Associate Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks and Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America and was Oman Professor of Arabic and Islamic Literature Emeritus at Georgetown University.