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From the Tigris to the Ebro : Church and Monastery Building under Early Islam

Simon Victor Pierre (edicion)

Affiliation: Ifpo. Institut français du Proche-Orient (Beirut, Líbano). UMR 8167. The laboratory Orient et Méditerranée (París, España).

Biography: Simon Pierre (Charleville-Mézières, 1985) is an associated researcher at the Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo, Beirut) and the laboratory Orient et Méditerranée (UMR 8167, Paris). He defended a doctoral thesis (2022) focusing on the “Christian Arab tribes in Syria and Northern Mesopotamia (7th-8th centuries)” (Sorbonne Université). He also takes part in diverse archaeological and architectural heritage missions in Saudi Arabia.

María de los Ángeles Utrero Agudo (edicion)

Affiliation: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Escuela de Estudios Árabes (Granada, España)

Biography: María de los Ángeles Utrero Agudo (Madrid, 1974) es arqueóloga y doctora por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2005). Desde 2017, es científica titular en la Escuela de Estudios Árabes (EEA, CSIC, Granada). Su línea de investigación se centra en la arqueología y arquitectura de las épocas tardoantigua y altomedieval en el occidente europeo. Ha dirigido y participado en números proyectos y contratos de investigación desarrollados en España, Portugal, Inglaterra, Italia y Túnez. Los resultados de estos trabajos han sido publicados en diversas revistas y monografías de carácter científico y divulgativo tanto en el ámbito nacional como internacional. Es miembro de la Plataforma Temática de Investigación: Patrimonio Abierto y Sociedad (PTI-PAS) y de la Red Conexión Arqueología / ArchaeologyHub del CSIC.

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Edition: Simon Victor Pierre; María de los Ángeles Utrero Agudo

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Publication year: 2024

Language: English ; French ; Spanish ; Italian

Subjects: History and Historiography, Archaeology and Prehistory

Collection: Serie Arqueológica

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Abstract:

This book is dedicated to the study of church and monastery constructions during the early centuries of Islam, spanning from post-Sasanian Iraq to Umayyad al-Andalus. It seeks to move beyond the paradigm of an Arab incursion that would immediately freeze the vitality of the Late Antique church, and stop its specific expression: the building of places of worship and convents. While Transjordan experienced a decline that affected most of the population, regardless of their confession, Northern Mesopotamia witnessed an opposite trend of human development, paralleled by the growth of Christian institutions. Textual attestations confirm various archaeological indicators of dynamism inclusive of non-Muslim institutions, especially in Northern Syria, Egypt, and North Africa. While the Middle East began to experience a policy of restrictions and limitations against “new” Christian buildings during the second half of the Second/Eighth century, the recently conquered church of Hispania continued to develop visibly and organise autonomously. Finally, the borderlands of Sicily and Armenia witnessed later and ambivalent developments of Christian institutions that maintained a connection between the Dār al-Islām and Byzantine Christendom.

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