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Index
AALIMS. See Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies
Abbasid Caliphate, 33, 108Europe and, 71, 233n49
legitimacy and, 59–60
safatij and, 94, 232n44, 233n49
size of, 4, 6, 7, 49, 50t; See also specific persons, topics
Abramitzky, Ran, xix–xx
Acemoglu, Daron, 18
Africa, 2, 8, 21, 65, 201, 213, 221n1
agriculture, 50, 63, 64, 159, 182f, 183, 243n25
al-Bukhari, Muhammad, 52
Alexander III (Pope), 84
Alexander the Great, 32, 49
Alfonso IX, 138
al-Jamali, Ali, 48
Allen, Robert, 211, 222n11, 236n4
al-Muntasir, 33
al-Qaeda, xiii
Anderson, Robert, 174
Aquinas, Thomas, 69
Arab Spring, 30, 216, 217
Arabic script, 105, 106, 109, 113, 142, 144, 198, 236n46
ASREC. See Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture
Assad, Bashar al, 216
Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies (AALIMS), xviii
Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture (ASREC), xviii
authoritarian rule, xiii, 216, 217, 218, 220. See also specific rulers, topics
Baghdad, 4, 7, 94, 108
Balla, Eliana, 39, 191
banking, 5, 81bills of exchange, 2, 92–97, 204, 231n38, 234n58
Europe and, 92, 96, 179, 204 (see also specific states, topics)
interest and, 75–132 (see also interest)
Middle East and, 13, 75, 76, 81–82, 92–97, 230n10, 230n14, 234n58 (see also specific states, topics)
modern, 75, 81, 97
money and, 75–132 (see also money)
origins of, 5, 92, 204
safatij and, 94, 96–97, 234n58
Bayezid II, 82, 105, 192
Becker, Sascha, 120
Becket, Thomas á, 68
Belgium, 152, 159–160, 162, 165, 166–167, 170
Berman, Harold J., 69
bills of exchange, 92–97, 204, 234n58
Black Death, 149, 151, 181
Blaydes, L., 223n18
Boniface VIII, 70
Bosker, Maarten, 137
Bouazizi, Mohamed, 217
Bourgeois Dignity (McCloskey), 20
Buringh, Eltjo, 100, 115, 137
Calvinism, 15, 159
capitalism, 16, 21, 119, 120
Carolingian Empire, 64, 83
Catholicism: anti-usury and, 91canon law, 68–70
commerce and, 91, 189, 205
deposition, 69, 70
Dictatus Papae, 69
economic elites and, 189
economics and, 205
England and, 155
fragmentation and, 116
Holy Roman Empire (see Holy Roman Empire)
Inquisition, 173
interest and, 84–85, 90–91 (see also interest)
Islam and, 121, 206
Lateran Councils, 84, 87;
legitimacy and, xv, 23, 52, 54, 62–72, 141, 153, 202, 204, 207 (see also legitimation)
medieval period, 54, 63, 64
monasteries, 115
Netherlands and, 162
Ottomans and, 114, 115
papal coronation, 64
parliaments and, 139
political elites and, 67
printing and, 104, 114, 115, 124, 135, 218 (see also printing)
property and, 154
Protestants and, 47, 119, 120, 121, 205 (see Protestants)
secular rulers, 91, 114
Spain and, 15, 169–200, 214 (see also Spain)
universities and, 114; See also Christianity; specific persons, topics
causal connection, 10, 16, 20–22, 120, 123, 131–133, 236n1, 236n2, 244n21
censorship, 104, 217
Chaney, Eric, 34, 223n18
charismatic rulers, 31, 56
Charlemagne, 64, 83
Charles I (of England), 29, 157
Charles V (of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire), 128, 161, 174, 175, 176, 183
Chaudhary, Latika, xvii
China, 215, 221n7, 224n26
Christianity, 4, 42, 46banking and, 93–97, 204, 234n58 (see also banking)
capitalism and, 16, 119, 120 (see also capitalism)
Catholicism (see Catholicism)
census and, 85, 87
Christian rulers, 91 (see also specific rulers, topics)
church/state, 22, 54, 67, 68
conservatism and, 203 (see also conservatism)
Constantine and, 53, 62, 227n12, 231n23
divergence and, 24 (see also divergence)
early history, 52–54, 63
economics and, 13, 205 (see also economics)
formation of, 202
history, 53
Ho
ly Roman Empire (see Holy Roman Empire)
institutions in, 12, 238n28 (see also institutions)
interest and, 83–92, 97, 231n23
Islam and, 5, 12, 13, 54, 238n28
legitimation and, xv, 23, 52, 54, 62–71, 141, 202, 204 (see also legitimation)
medieval period, 54, 63, 64
montes and, 88
Nicaean Council, 83
origins of, 52
papal coronation, 64
poverty and, 227n9
printing and, 218, 219
Protestants (see Protestants)
rebellion and, 54
religious elites, 48, 49, 52, 89 (see also religious elites)
Roman Empire and, 52, 53, 62–71
societas and, 85, 87
trade and, 50
usury and, 230n21; See also specific groups, persons, topics
cities. See urbanization
citizenry, 28citizenship, 162
freedom and, 214
ideology and, 39
institutions and (see institutions)
legitimation and, 30
media and, 218
military, 33
propagation and, 38, 41
property and, 199
reform and, 40–41
religious authority and, 42, 43, 55, 56f, 59, 89
taxes, 186, 189
City of God, The (Augustine), 53
Clark, Gregory, 21
Clement III, 68
Clovis, 63
coercive agents, 11, 31, 33, 34f, 69, 223n17
Cognac, League of, 47
colonialism, xiii, 6, 19, 21, 22, 159, 169, 179, 219
Commercial Revolution, 65, 71, 90, 212
conservatism, 11Christianity and, 203
divergence and, 10, 11 (see also divergence)
economics and, 11
fundamentalism, xv
history and, 10
incentives and, 12, 21
Islam and, 61, 203
law and, 61
mysticism and, 10
religious elite and, 61
stagnation and, 11
Constantine, 53, 62, 227n12, 231n23
Cosgel, Metin, xviii, 105, 109, 142, 244n64
currency. See money
David, Paul, 226n22
de Vries, Jan, 163
democracy, 215, 216. See also parliaments