TY - BOOK ID - 85463439 TI - Muslim cities in the later Middle Ages PY - 1984 SN - 051158380X 0511097026 0521263611 0521277620 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Islamic cities and towns. KW - Cities and towns, Medieval KW - Medieval cities and towns KW - Cities and towns, Islamic KW - Muslim cities and towns KW - Cities and towns KW - Islamic Empire KW - Arab countries KW - Arab Empire KW - Empire, Islamic KW - Middle East KW - Muslim Empire KW - Social conditions. KW - History KW - Arts and Humanities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85463439 AB - First published in 1967, Muslim Cities in the Later Middle Ages is one of the most influential works in the field of Islamic history. Primarily a study of the main cities of the Mamluk state of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries AD, Professor Lapidus' book serves to provide a framework for understanding the long evolution of Muslim political and social institutions and urban societies. The relationships between military rulers, the bourgeoisie and the common people are presented in a study of wide relevance to social history. ER -