Purity Lost: Transgressing Boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1000-1400 by Steven A. Epstein
Purity Lost: Transgressing Boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1000-1400 by Steven A. Epstein
English | 18 Dec. 2006 | ISBN: 0801884845 | 264 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | 18 Dec. 2006 | ISBN: 0801884845 | 264 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
Purity Lost investigates the porous nature of social, political, and religious boundaries prevalent in the eastern Mediterranean―from the Black Sea to Egypt―during the Middle Ages. In this intriguing study, Steven A. Epstein finds that people consistently defied, overlooked, or transcended restrictions designed to preserve racial and cultural purity in order to establish relationships with those different from themselves.