Non-Muslim Provinces under Early Islam
«'In the super-complex literature on the history of Armenia and the Caucasus, Vacca's work is both the best general introduction and a significant contribution to on-going debates.' Hugh Kennedy, Journal of Islamic Studies»
Eighth- and ninth-century Armenia and Caucasian Albania were largely Christian provinces of the then Islamic Caliphate. Although they formed a part of the Iranian cultural sphere, they are often omitted from studies of both Islamic and Iranian history. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cambridge University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781316638552
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«'In the super-complex literature on the history of Armenia and the Caucasus, Vacca's work is both the best general introduction and a significant contribution to on-going debates.' Hugh Kennedy, Journal of Islamic Studies»
«'Alison Vacca makes a fascinating case for Sasanian, and possibly Arsacid/Parthian, legacies in matters of administrative geography, frontier culture, religious policy, mechanisms of control, treaties, and taxation in the historiography of the tenth-century Iranian intermezzo in the sub-Caucasus region, and makes the important points that legacy is not necessarily actual continuity, that the Sasanian legacy consisted of how they were remembered, and that the use of Sasanian-period texts by tenth century authors as models to describe caliphal rule encouraged a perception of continuity.' Michael Morony, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles»
«'Alison Vacca has produced an exciting, ambitious, and groundbreaking investigation that unfurls across a massive cross-cultural canvas. Deploying a bold interdisciplinary approach grounded in an impressive array of sources, this is the most important monograph on early Islamic Caucasia since Ter-Ghewondyan's Arab Emirates in Bagratid Armenia. It will immediately establish itself as a 'go to' book not only for Armenologists and Caucasiologists but also specialists of Sasanian Iran, the early Islamic world, and Byzantium.' Stephen Rapp, Jr, Professor of Eurasian History, Sam Houston State University»