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Medieval Nubia : a social and economic history

Author: Giovanni Ruffini
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The first full-length study of the social and economic history of medieval Nubia, this book uses unpublished indigenous Old Nubian documentary sources to reveal a complex society that blended  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Sources
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Giovanni Ruffini
ISBN: 9780199891634 019989163X
OCLC Number: 774867587
Description: 295 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction : Qasr Ibrim and Christian Nubia --
Qasr Ibrim's land sales --
Mashshouda and Archive 3 --
The historiography of Nubian land tenure --
Nubian land sales as a legal genre --
Nubian land sales as ceremony --
Nubia's legal tradition --
Money, rent, taxes and investment --
Qasr Ibrim's other archives --
Conclusion --
Appendix 1 : The chronology of Archive 3.
Responsibility: Giovanni R. Ruffini.
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<br>"An indispensable reference for scholars of Nubian legal history and jurisprudence."--G. Emeagwali, CHOICE<p> Read more...

 
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