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Uncovering the professional secrets of con artists and swindlers in the medieval Middle East. “A mesmerising account of . . . quacks and tricksters.” —The Spectator 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. Al-Jawbarī was well versed in the practices he describes and may have been a reformed charlatan himself. Divided into thirty chapters, the 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. An English-only edition. “Provides us with an unusual glimpse into the street life of medieval Islamic societies rarely captured in more elevated Arabic literary sources.” —The New York Review of Books “The Book of Charlatans is an amusing evocation of the seamy side of the medieval Levant, full of worthy descendants of the 1001 Nights.” —Asian Review of Books

© 2023 NYU Press (E-bog): 9781479813223

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E-bog: 21. november 2023

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