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"Breaching the Bronze Wall deals with the idea that the word of honorable Muslims constituted proof and with the concept that written documents and the word of non-Muslims were inferior. Foreign merchants in cities like Istanbul, Damascus or Alexandria could barely prove any claim, as neither t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Apellániz Ruiz de Galarreta, Francisco Javier, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston ; Leiden : Brill, 2020.
Series:Mediterranean reconfigurations, intercultural trade, commercial litigation, and legal pluralism, volume 2
Subjects:
1250-1918
Dhimmis (Islamic law) > Middle East > History.
Witnesses (Islamic law) > Middle East > History.
Authentication > Middle East > History.
Merchants > Legal status, laws, etc. > Middle East > History.
HISTORY / Asia / General
Authentication.
Dhimmis (Islamic law)
Merchants > Legal status, laws, etc.
Witnesses (Islamic law)
Egypt > History > 1250-1517.
Syria > History > 1260-1516.
Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Égypte > Histoire > 1250-1517.
Syrie > Histoire > 1260-1516.
Empire ottoman > Histoire.
Egypt.
Middle East.
Syria.
Turkey.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Copyright / Francisco Apellániz
  • Acknowledgements / Francisco Apellániz
  • Abbreviations / Francisco Apellániz
  • Chapter 1 Introduction / Francisco Apellániz
  • Chapter 2 Producing, Handling and Archiving Evidence in Mediterranean Societies / Francisco Apellániz
  • Chapter 3 ' Men Like the Franks' : Dealing with Diversity in Medieval Norms and Courts / Francisco Apellániz
  • Chapter 4 Ottoman Legal Attitudes towards Diversity / Francisco Apellániz
  • Chapter 5 Conclusions / Francisco Apellániz
  • Bibliography / Francisco Apellániz
  • Index / Francisco Apellániz.

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