The ninth volume of proceedings of the International Colloquia on the
History of Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras
covers the 23rd and 24th gatherings, organized at the University of
Leuven in 2015 and 2016. True to tradition, the 15 articles deal with a
wide variety of scholarly subjects, all revolving around the central
theme of Syro-Egypt's high and late medieval history. Topics dealt with
include archaeology, architecture, codicology, economic, political, and
religious history, as well as belles-lettres. With contributions by O.
Abdel Barr, Z. Antrim, P.-V. Claverie, N. Coureas, J.-Ch. Ducène, K.A.
Goudie, G. Lelli, B. Martel-Thoumian, D. Nicolle, M. Piana, A. Post, L.
Richter-Bernburg, Th.M. Wijntjes and M. Zouihal.