Chapter II. Jacob Burckhardt's Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface xix
4. PART ONE. SCHOLASTICISM
5. Chapter I. Historical Background of the Scholastic Movement 1
6. Chapter II. Creation of the Guilds of Law: The Madhabs 16
7. Chapter III. The Professionalization of Legal Studies: The Guild Colleges and the Doctorate 24
8. Chapter IV. Rationalist Infiltration of Traditionalist Institutions 39
9. PART TWO. TYPOLOGY OF ADAB INSTITUTIONS
10. Chapter I. Waqf Institutions 48
11. Chapter II. Private and Government Non-Waqf Institutions 60
12. Chapter III. Books and the Law of Waqf 67
13. PART THREE. INSTRUCTION: THE ORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE
14. Chapter I. Humanism in the Organization of Religious Knowledge 88
15. Chapter II. Relation of Adab to Authority, Hadith and Law 97
16. PART FOUR. INSTRUCTION: MAJOR FIELDS OF ADAB-HUMANISM
17. Chapter I. Grammar 120
18. Chapter II. Poetry 130
19. Chapter III. Eloquence 141
20. Chapter IV. Oratory 148
21. Chapter V. Epistolary Art 153
22. Chapter VI. History 163
23. Chapter VII. Moral Philosophy 171
24. PART FIVE. INSTRUCTION: THE METHODOLOGY OF LEARNING
25. Chapter I. Memory 202
26. Chapter II. Mudhakara 208
27. Chapter III. Munazara 210
28. Chapter IV. Tools of the Humanist 213
29. Chapter V. The Method of Dictation 215
30. Chapter VI. Self-Teaching 217
31. PART SIX. THE HUMANIST COMMUNITY
32. Chapter I. The Patron and the Scholar-Humanist 232
33. Chapter II. The Student-Humanist 239
34. Chapter III. Amateur Humanists 248
35. Chapter IV. Professional Humanists 272
36. PART SEVEN. CLASSICAL ISLAM AND THE CHRISTIAN WEST
37. Chapter I. Studies on the Origins and Antecedents of Humanism 294
38. Chapter II. Jacob Burckhardt's Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy 303
39. Chapter III. Institutions of the Scholastic Movement: The Masjid-Inn Colleges and the London Inns of Court 309
40. Chapter IV. Instruction: The Amali and the Dictamina 318
41. Chapter V. Instruction: The Humanistic Studies 332
42. CONCLUSION 348
43. APPENDICES 355
44. BIBLIOGRAPHY 372
45. INDEX 384