Charlemagne, Muhammad, and the Arab roots of capitalismHeck, Gene W.creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.History.Electronic books.gwBerlinNew YorkW. de Gruyter©20062006monographiceng1 online resource (xiv, 381 pages).Presented in six principal analytic chapters with supporting appendices, this book explores the role of Islam in precipitating Europe's twelfth century commercial renaissance. Employing the classic analytic techniques of economics, Gene Heck determines that medieval Europe's feudal interregnum was largely caused by indigenous governmental business regulation and not by shifts in international trade patterns. He then proceeds by demonstrating how Islamic economic precepts provided the ideological rationales that empowered medieval Europe to escape its three-centuries-long experiment in "Dark Ag.Frontmatter ; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Medieval Christian Europe in Stasis; Chapter 2 The Muslims' Medieval "Trade Explosion"; Chapter 3 Islamic "Free Market" Doctrine Pragmatically Applied; Chapter 4 The Fruition of "Commercial Capitalism" in Fātimid Egypt; Chapter 5 Imperatives of Trade and the Transformation of Europe; Chapter 6 Medieval Europe's Transformation: "The Triumph Of Ideas"; BackmatterGene W. Heck.Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-375) and index.Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDLElectronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDLMaster and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDLdigitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDLa------f------Islamic countriesCommerceCommerceHistoryMedieval, 500-1500CapitalismReligious aspectsIslamBUSINESS & ECONOMICSFree EnterpriseCapitalismReligious aspectsIslamCommerceCommerceMedievalIslamic countriesKapitalismeEuropa (geografie)Arabische wereldWirtschaftstheorieIslamWirtschaftstheorieIslamCapitalism -- Religious aspects -- IslamCommerce -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500Islamic countries -- Commerce
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HF3868 .H43 2006eb330.12/215.7015.51Charlemagne, Muhammad, and the Arab roots of capitalismHeck, Gene W.Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, ©2006(DLC) 2007296446(OCoLC)76873862Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients (2004) ; n.F., Bd. 1897831102028303110202832http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=281580http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=281580Use copy MiAaHDLN$T09090520200709055219.0ocn435912099eng