This book provides for the first time a survey of the important features of educational activities and structures in various Islamicate societies between 800 and 1700 with regard to the mathematical and occult sciences, medicine, and natural philosophy.

Qui sont ces rois éthiopiens, à la fois saints et usurpateurs, qui ont gouverné l'Éthiopie entre les XIe et XIIIe siècle ?

By providing an extensive and interdisciplinary treatment of the supernatural within sagas, this volume seeks to explore the literary and folkloric interface between the natural and the supernatural through a study of previously neglected texts, as well as examining genres that are sometimes overlooked, law codes, and learned translations.