Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century, Vol. II, Pt. 2: Economic, Social, and Cultural History

MacCoull, Leslie S. B., The Catholic Historical Review

Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century, Vol. II, Pt. 2: Economic, Social, and Cultural History. By Irfan Shahîd. (Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. Distrib. by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 2009. Pp. xxiiv, 391- $50.00. ISBN 978-0884-02347-0.)

Volume II, part 1 of Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century covered federate activities, lands, religious buildings, and writers of the Ghassänids, Byzantium's "Monophysite"Arab Christian allies. Part 2 deals with the Ghassànids' role in peninsular and Mediterranean economic history; their group social life including gender attitudes and daily-life customs; and their cultural productions …

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Publication information: Article title: Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century, Vol. II, Pt. 2: Economic, Social, and Cultural History. Contributors: MacCoull, Leslie S. B. - Author. Journal title: The Catholic Historical Review. Volume: 97. Issue: 2 Publication date: April 2011. Page number: 345+. © 2003 The Catholic University of America Press. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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