Order into action: how large-scale concepts of world order determine practices in the premodern world
In: Cursor mundi 40
Front Matter -- Klaus Oschema and Christoph Mauntel. Introduction -- Daniel G. König. Dār al-ḥarb vs terra paganorum. On the Practical Implications of Circumscribing the Sphere of the 'Infidels' -- Nora Berend. The Concept of Christendom. Christianitas as a Call to Action -- Albrecht Fuess. A 'Medieval Islamist' Versus an 'Arab Machiavelli'? -- Michal Biran. The Mongol World Order. From Universalism to Glocalization -- Christoph Mauntel and Klaus Oschema. Between Universal Empire and the Plurality of Kingdoms -- Donatella Guida. Imperial Geography and Fatherly Benevolence -- Michael Wintle. The Advent of the Black Magus -- Mark Horton. Beyond Eurasia - the African Contribution to the Premodern World -- Veronic a Strang. Seeing Through the Rainbow -- Frauke Sachse. Translating Otherworlds -- Back Matter.