Teaching and learning the sciences in Islamicate societies (800-1700)

This book surveys teaching and learning of the mathematical and occult sciences, medicine and natural philosophy in various Islamicate societies between 800 and 1700. It focuses in particular on Egypt and Syria between 1200 and 1600, but looks up also developments in Iran, India, Anatolia, and Iraq....

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Brentjes, Sonja 1951- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2018]
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:Studies on the faculty of arts Volume 3
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Studies on the faculty of arts
Schlagworte:Orient Islam Naturwissenschaften Medizin Geschichte 800-1700
Umfang:334 Seiten
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:This book surveys teaching and learning of the mathematical and occult sciences, medicine and natural philosophy in various Islamicate societies between 800 and 1700. It focuses in particular on Egypt and Syria between 1200 and 1600, but looks up also developments in Iran, India, Anatolia, and Iraq. It talks about institutions of teaching and learning such a house and court teachers, madrasas, hospitals, in-family teaching and travelling in search of knowledge and the content of the various sciences taught by or at them. Methods of teaching and learning, teaching bestsellers and their geographical and temporal dissemination, as well as encyclopaedias and literature on the classification of the sciences will be discussed in further chapters
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 289-303
Beschreibung:334 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:2503574459
9782503574455
9782503574462
2503574467