Acronym
MMS
Code
41A02309
Duration
01 October 2009 → 30 September 2014
Funding
European funding: framework programme
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Humanities
- History
Keywords
Egypt
tradition
institutions
Syria
conflictresolution
networks
Mamluks
prosopography
state formation
Project description
The project focuses on the political traditions that, in the interplay between individuals, institutions and social interactions, dominated the Syro-Egyptian Mamluk sultanate in the 15th century (1412-1517). It aims to validate the hypothesis that a thorough transformation took place, as new traditions emerged, constructed around military slavery (‘mamlukization’) and tantamount to a process of early modern state formation.