RT Article
T1 Popular Culture (Islam, Early and Middle Periods)
JF Religion compass
VO 2
IS 2
SP 195
OP 225
A1 Frenkel, Yehoshua
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2008
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1837358818
AB This contribution dwells on popular culture in Mamluk Egypt and Syria. Following a short examination of this topic and of the sources, the study focuses on three themes: the cycle of life, the cycle of the year and sacred topography. Popular manners and customs provoked opposition from religious circles. A condensed delineation of these voices is provided at the closing part of the article.
DO 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2007.00048.x