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The Book of Charlatans
Engelsk Hardback
The Book of Charlatans
Engelsk Hardback

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Uncovering the professional secrets of con artists and swindlers in the medieval Middle East
The Book of Charlatans is a comprehensive guide to trickery and scams as practiced in the thirteenth century in the cities of the Middle East, especially in Syria and Egypt. The author, al-Jawbarī, was well versed in the practices he describes and may well have been a reformed charlatan himself. Divided into thirty chapters, his book reveals the secrets of everyone from “Those Who Claim to be Prophets” to “Those Who Claim to Have Leprosy” and “Those Who Dye Horses.”
The material is informed in part by the author’s own experience with alchemy, astrology, and geomancy, and in part by his extensive research. The work is unique in its systematic, detailed, and inclusive approach to a subject that is by nature arcane and that has relevance not only for social history but also for the history of science. Covering everything from invisible writing to doctoring gemstones and quack medicine, The Book of Charlatans opens a fascinating window into a subculture of beggars’ guilds and professional con artists in the medieval Arab world.
A bilingual Arabic-English edition.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
277
ISBN-13:
9781479897636
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1479897639
Udg. Dato:
10 nov 2020
Længde:
41mm
Bredde:
238mm
Højde:
163mm
Forlag:
New York University Press
Oplagsdato:
10 nov 2020
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