
Latin and Arabic
Entangled Histories
Daniel G. König(Editor)
Heidelberg University Publishing
1st Edition
Published on 12. September 2019
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-3-947732-26-5 (ISBN)
Description
As linguistic systems comprising a large variety of written and oral registers including derivate "languages" and "dialects," Latin and Arabic have been of paramount importance for the history of the Euromediterranean since Antiquity. Moreover, due to their long-term function as languages of administration, intellectual activity, and religion, they are often regarded as cultural markers of Europe and the (Arabic-)Islamic sphere respectively. This volume explores the many dimensions and ramifications of Latin-Arabic entanglement both from macro-historical as well as from micro-historical perspectives. Visions of history marked by the binary opposition of "Islam" and "the West" tend to ignore these important facets of Euromediterranean entanglement, as do historical studies that explain complex transcultural processes without giving attention to their linguistic dimension.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
653 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-947732-26-5 (9783947732265)
DOI
10.17885/heiup.448
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