Method in Madness: Recontextualizing the Destruction of Churches in the Fatimid Era
The reign of al-Hakim bi-ʾAmr Allah (r. 996-1021) is often dismissed as a psychotic blip in the history of multiconfessional relations in the medieval Islamic world. Al-Hakim infamously embarked on a large-scale destruction of churches in his realm, including the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jer...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2014
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Muqarnas
Anno: 2014, Volume: 30, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 119-139 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Cairo
The Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem
The Church of Saint Mennas, Cairo
The Church of Saint Mercurius, Cairo
Coptic Architecture
Covenant of ʿUmar
dhimma
Fatimid
Al-Hakim bi-ʾAmr Allah
The History of the Patriarchs
Al-Kirmani (d. 1021)
Sectarianism
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| Riepilogo: | The reign of al-Hakim bi-ʾAmr Allah (r. 996-1021) is often dismissed as a psychotic blip in the history of multiconfessional relations in the medieval Islamic world. Al-Hakim infamously embarked on a large-scale destruction of churches in his realm, including the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. This article draws on a variety of sources to argue that rather than being reductively attributable to a personal psychological imbalance, al-Hakim’s dramatically negative treatment of churches signaled a general shift from an esoteric form of Ismaili Shiʿism to one more appealing to the broader Islamic umma. |
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| Descrizione fisica: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 2211-8993 |
| Comprende: | In: Muqarnas
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22118993-0301P0007 |
