Judging the Franks
Proof, Justice, and Diversity in Late Medieval Alexandria and Damascus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2108978 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francisco Apellániz (0000-0001-8157-3545, European Research Council, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 350-378 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0010417516000104 |
| OpenAlex | W2324695923 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article describes how Islamic and Frankish legal devices complemented each other and were even combined to settle disagreements in the late medieval Middle East. For this purpose, it focuses on two legal institutions that provided responses to the biases of Islamic law against non-Muslims and to the prejudices of Franks against the local law. The first are the notaries sent to the Mamluk cities by the Venetian government to draw up legal documents and to support the transactions of Venetian merchants. The second are the new royal orsiyāsacourts implemented by the sultans, where justice was dispensed by government officials instead of by traditional judges, orqāḍīs. Specifically, the article discusses, in a comparative manner, what constituted proof for Christians and Muslims, whether minorities could bear testimony or not, and how notaries and judges dealt with unbelievers. A common notarial culture, together with the expansion ofsiyāsajurisdiction over the affairs of foreigners, brought about a much deeper legal interplay than has previously been understood. Ultimately, it is argued that Mediterranean medieval societies had evolving attitudes toward justice and diversity, and approached their own legal traditions in ways compatible with the conflict resolution, while constantly borrowing legal concepts about difference from each other
Ancient history · Archaeology · Comparative law · Diversity (politics · Economic Justice · Government (linguistics · Islam · Jurisdiction · Legal culture · Legal history · Legal pluralism · Legal realism · Mamluk · Political science · Sharia · Sociology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Medieval History and Crusades · Philosophy
Islamic law
The Privatization of "Justice" under the Circassian Mamluks
La colección de documentos legales del Haram al-Šarīf de Jerusalén
Documentos vivos, archivos moribundos
Legal Reflections on the 'Jurisprudential Shift Hypothesis'
Formes de Langage et Fonctions Publiques
Swearing by God
Signs as Evidence
Le jugement comme preuve. preuve juridique et verite religieuse dans le Droit Islamique Hanefite
Les echanges de marche dans l'Islam medieval
Turkish-Latin Diplomatic Relations in the Fourteenth Century
A Partnership Gone Bad
Instruments of Concord
Suum cuique tribuere
The safe-conduct in Muslim chancery practice
Venice and Florence in the Mamluk commercial privileges
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |