Governing the Holy City: The Interaction of Social Groups in Jerusalem Between the Fatimid and the Ottoman Period - Hardcover

"Review - German ""This volume contains these articles: Khader Salameh, ""Primary Sources on Social Life in Jerusalem in the Middle Ages"" (pp. 1-11); Robert Schick and Khader Salameh, ""The Arabic Stone Inscriptions in the Islamit Museum, al-Haram ash-Sharif, Jerusalem"" (pp. 13-32); Andreas Kaplony, ""Manifestations of Private Piety: Muslims, Christians and Jews in Fatimid Jerusalem"" (pp. 33-45); Johannes Pahlitzsch, ""The Transformation of Latin Religious Institutions into Islamit Endowments by Saladin in Jerusalem"" (pp. 47-69); Lorenz Korn, ""The Structure of Architectural Patronage in Ayyubid Jerusalem"" (pp. 71-89); Yehoshua Frenkel, ""The Relationship between Mamluk Officials and the Urban Civilian Population: A Study of Some Legal Documents from Jerusalem"" (pp. 91-108); Joseph Drory, ""Jerusalemites in Egyptian Society during the Mamluk Period"" (pp. 109-16); and Mohammad Ghosheh, ""The Walls and Gates of Jerusalem before and after Sultan Suleyman's Rebuilding Project of 1538-40"" (pp. 117-37).""In: Speculum. Journal of Medieval Studies. 07 (2007). S. 791.-----------------------------------------

English description: The history of Jerusalem during the Islamic Middle Ages was not confined to the foundation of sanctuaries, and the struggle over their control - even if these aspects could not be ignored in the context of Jerusalem. Different kinds of sources - buildings, inscriptions, documents and chronicles - inform us about the history of Jerusalem between the Fatimids and the Ottomans, and on the changing social and political factors which shaped the urban environment. German description: Die Geschichte der Stadt Jerusalem im islamischen Mittelalter umfasste mehr als die Einrichtung und Nutzung von Heiligtumern und den Streit um ihre Kontrolle - auch wenn diese Aspekte aus dem Leben in der Stadt nicht wegzudenken waren. Verschiedene Quellen - Bauten, Inschriften, Urkunden und chronikalische Literatur - geben Aufschluss uber die Geschichte Jerusalems zwischen Fatimiden und Osmanen, wobei hier v.a. die wechselnden sozialen und politischen Faktoren in der Gestaltung des stadtischen Lebensumfeldes im Vordergrund stehen.