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Infectious Ideas: Contagion in Premodern Islamic and Christian Thought in the Western Mediterranean Stearns, Justin K. (New York University)
Infectious Ideas: Contagion in Premodern Islamic and Christian Thought in the Western Mediterranean
Stearns, Justin K. (New York University)
Based on Stearns's analysis of Muslim and Christian legal, theological, historical, and medical texts in Arabic, Medieval Castilian, and Latin, Infectious Ideas is the first book to offer a comparative discussion of concepts of contagion in the premodern Mediterranean world.
304 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 27, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780801898730 |
| Publishers | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 230 × 31 mm · 558 g |