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Rashid Al-Din: Agent and Mediator of Cultural Exchanges in Ilkhanid Iran
Rashid al-Din (1274-1318), physician and powerful minister at the court of the Ilkhans, was a key figure in the cosmopolitan milieu in Iran under Mongol rule. He set up…
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Septième Siècle: Changements et Continuités/The Seventh Century: Change and Continuity
This is a record of an Anglo-French colloquium held at the Warburg Institute in July 1988. The chief preoccupations were the interaction of the Christian religion with 7th-century society and…
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The “Medieval” Undone
Topics covered include the global middle ages and the constraints of Eurocentric periodization; disciplinary formation and the crisis of the humanities; Orientalism and medieval studies; white supremacist medievalism; and the…
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The African and Middle Eastern World, 600-1500
The history of the African and Middle Eastern world is, to a large extent, the story of a religion-Islam-and how it claimed millions of followers across empires and kingdoms. First…
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The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was…
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