The Medieval Jihad

Texts, Theories, and Practices

edited by Mehdi Berriah and Abbes Zouache

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Extent: 236 pages

Publisher: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Recherches d'archeologie, de philologie et d'histoire

Series volume number: 50

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2025)

ISBN: 9782724711011

Price: $22.00

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(December 2025)

ISBN: 9782724711165

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Far from being a simple Islamic reaction to the Crusades, or a monolithic ideology setting out a law of war imposing standards of behavior on all social actors, jihad is a phenomenon with multiple dimensions: religious, jurisprudential, ideological, military, political, economic, social, cultural and literary. The authors of the various contributions published in this volume have been invited to reflect on these multiple dimensions, with freedom to take a long-term view, and with freedom to question the a priori and historiographical or methodological presuppositions that often guide our work without our even realizing it.

  • Edited by Mehdi Berriah
  • Edited by Abbes Zouache