The Written Word in the Medieval Arabic Lands: A Social and Cultural History of Reading Practices by Konrad Hirschler

The Written Word in the Medieval Arabic Lands: A Social and Cultural History of Reading Practices

Konrad Hirschler

234 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

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Winner of the 2012 BRISMES book prize. Medieval Islamic societies belonged to the most bookish cultures of their period. Using a wide variety of documentary, narrative and normative sources, Konrad Hirschler explores the growth of reading audience...

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