{"product_id":"9781784537319-roma-in-the-medieval-islamic-world","title":"Roma in the Medieval Islamic World","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLiteracy, Culture, and Migration\u003cbr\u003eThe recorded history of gypsy communities in Europe begins with the arrival of the Roma in the fourteenth century, although genetic and linguistic evidence demonstrates that this group left northwest India sometime before the seventh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2022 Dan David Prize for outstanding scholarship that illuminates the past and seeks to anchor public discourse in a deeper understanding of history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the 2023 Medieval Academy of America Monica H. Green Prize for Distinguished Medieval Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHonorable Mention in the 2023 Middle East Medievalists Book Prize\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Middle Eastern cities as early as the mid-8th century, the Sons of Sasan begged, trained animals, sold medicinal plants and potions, and told fortunes. They captivated the imagination of Arab writers and playwrights, who immortalized their strange ways in poems, plays, and the \u003ci\u003eThousand and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e. Using a wide range of sources, Richardson investigates the lived experiences of these Sons of Sasan, who changed their name to \u003ci\u003eGhuraba’\u003c\/i\u003e (Strangers) by the late 1200s. This name became the Arabic word for the Roma and Roma-affiliated groups also known under the pejorative term ‘Gypsies’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book uses mostly \u003ci\u003eGhuraba’\u003c\/i\u003e-authored works to understand their tribal organization and professional niches as well as providing a glossary of their language Sin. It also examines the urban homes, neighborhoods, and cemeteries that they constructed. Within these isolated communities they developed and nurtured a deep literary culture and astrological tradition, broadening our appreciation of the cultural contributions of medieval minority communities. Remarkably, the \u003ci\u003eGhuraba’\u003c\/i\u003e began blockprinting textual amulets by the 10th century, centuries before printing on paper arrived in central Europe. When Roma tribes migrated from Ottoman territories into Bavaria and Bohemia in the 1410s, they may have carried this printing technology into the Holy Roman Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56468799095158,"sku":"9781784537319","price":104.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35080993.jpg?v=1760613084","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781784537319-roma-in-the-medieval-islamic-world","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}