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Albrecht Classen - Incarceration and Slavery in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Incarceration and Slavery in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age

A Cultural-Historical Investigation of the Dark Side in the Pre-Modern World

Av Albrecht Classen

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People in the Middle Ages and the early modern age more often suffered from imprisonment and enslavement than we might have assumed. Incarceration and Slavery in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age approaches these topics from a wide variety of perspectives and demonstrates collectively the great relevance of the issues involved. Both incarceration and slavery were (and continue to be) most painful experiences, and no one was guaranteed exemption from it. High-ranking nobles and royalties were often the victims of imprisonment and, at times, had to wait many years until their ransom was paid. Similarly, slavery existed throughout Christian Europe and in the Arab world. However, while imprisonment occasionally proved to be the catalyst for major writings and creativity, slaves in the Ottoman empire and in Egypt succeeded in rising to the highest position in society (Janissaries, Mamluks, and others).
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Albrecht Classen is University Distinguished Professor of German studies at the University of Arizona.

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This volume is a valuable contribution to a growing body of scholarship on the global history of slavery. It could be fruitfully read as a supplement to other recent works, such as the Cambridge World History of Slavery series, the Journal of Global Slavery, and the research of the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (https://www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/en/research/publications/bcdsss-publishing-series). Scholars working in specialized subfields of medieval or early modern studies might wish to read only one or two of the most relevant essays, but the entire volume will interest scholars of slavery and/ or incarceration in historical contexts. The volume’s twin treatment of slavery and incarceration also seems a fruitful trajectory for future research.

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