خلاصه ماشینی:
Udovitch’s works and a preface detailing his scholarship on the medieval Islamic world’s economic institutions, social structure, legal theory, and practices.
The preface also highlights Udovitch’s role and scholarly contributions, prolific publica- tions and international academic collaboration, his respect for interdisciplinary examination and combination of various methods, as well as the diversity of his intellectual pursuits and teachings.
The nine essays, loosely grouped into four unmarked categories, discuss the main areas of Udovitch’s interests: (1) “Eco- nomic History” highlights the intersections between the legal theory of com- merce and the commercial practices of institutions.
It includes contributions by Petra Sijpesteijn and Michael Bonner; (2) “Social History” relates eco- nomic and social actions, underlines their thematic and methodological com- monalities, and comprises essays by Adam Sabra and Jonathan Berkey; (3) “Mediterranean and Indian Ocean” deals with “Middle Eastern History in its Geographic contexts” and coalesces around what has been termed Udovitch’s “Mediterraneanist” concerns, namely, interdenominational relations and ne- gotiations bridging the gap between “rigid principles and supple accommo- dation.
” This includes contributions by Olivia Remie Constable, Yossef Rapaport, and Hassan Khalilieh; and (4) “Urbanism,” the study of cities as sites of economic exchanges and interactions between individuals and groups, combining legal, political, ideological, and intellectual dimensions to form the realities of daily life.
The articles by Sijpesteijn, Sabra, and Berkey echo their professor’s interests in medieval Egypt, being a Mediterranean country, while Margariti’s contri- bution can also be fitted into the urbanism part.