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Saint Alphonsus Diversified Care V. Mri Associates Cross Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 40012 Oct 2013

Saint Alphonsus Diversified Care V. Mri Associates Cross Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 40012

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Saint Alphonsus Diversified Care V. Mri Associates Cross Appellant's Brief Dckt. 40012 Jun 2013

Saint Alphonsus Diversified Care V. Mri Associates Cross Appellant's Brief Dckt. 40012

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On Body, Soul, And Popular Culture: A Study Of The Perception Of Plague By Muslim And Coptic Communities In Mamluk Egypt, Mohamed S. Maslouh Feb 2013

On Body, Soul, And Popular Culture: A Study Of The Perception Of Plague By Muslim And Coptic Communities In Mamluk Egypt, Mohamed S. Maslouh

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This thesis studies the Muslim and Coptic medical, theological, and philosophical perceptions of plague in Mamluk Egypt (1250-1517). It also details the responses to mass death caused by plagues in both popular culture and mainstream scholarly works. This is carried out by illustrating the various medical, and theological parameters which influenced the different understandings of plague. Attention will be given to the diversity of the medical traditions which coexisted and, sometimes, overlapped in medieval Egypt. This reveals the inadequacy of the convenient classifications and distinctions between the different medical traditions, which have been previously employed to explain plague in medieval …