All Outputs (15)

‘Seeking Saracens’ : Exploring the representation of Muslims and Islamic Religious Practice in the English Charlemagne Romance Cycle and Petronius Redivivus (2019)
Thesis
Munro, E. H. J. ‘Seeking Saracens’ : Exploring the representation of Muslims and Islamic Religious Practice in the English Charlemagne Romance Cycle and Petronius Redivivus. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis examines the representation of Muslims (‘Saracens’) and Islamic religious practice across two bodies of medieval literary works, the complete English Charlemagne Romance Cycle and stories VII and VIII of Petronius Redivivus [‘Petronius Re... Read More about ‘Seeking Saracens’ : Exploring the representation of Muslims and Islamic Religious Practice in the English Charlemagne Romance Cycle and Petronius Redivivus.

Political and Religious Ideologies on Parthian Coins of the 2nd-1st Centuries BC (2018)
Thesis
Magub, A. Political and Religious Ideologies on Parthian Coins of the 2nd-1st Centuries BC. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The Coming of the Mongols (The Idea of Iran Vol. 7) (2017)
Book
Morgan, D., & Stewart, S. (Eds.). (2017). The Coming of the Mongols (The Idea of Iran Vol. 7). I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350988569

The Mongol invasions in the first half of the thirteenth century led to profound and shattering changes to the historical trajectory of Islamic West Asia. As this new volume in The Idea of Iran series suggests, sudden conquest from the east was prece... Read More about The Coming of the Mongols (The Idea of Iran Vol. 7).

Ideas of Self-Definition Among Zoroastrians of Post-Revolutionary Iran (2016)
Book Chapter
Stewart, S. (2016). Ideas of Self-Definition Among Zoroastrians of Post-Revolutionary Iran. In A. Williams, S. Stewart, & A. Hintze (Eds.), The Zoroastrian Flame: Exploring Religion, History and Tradition (353-370). I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350989436.ch-018

Research into religious minorities in Iran since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 has been fragmentary and rarely includes the personal testimony that encompasses memory, lived experience, devotional life and religious views. This Chapter draws on inte... Read More about Ideas of Self-Definition Among Zoroastrians of Post-Revolutionary Iran.

A Zoroastrian Vision (2016)
Book Chapter
Hintze, A. (2016). A Zoroastrian Vision. In A. Williams, S. Stewart, & A. Hintze (Eds.), The Zoroastrian Flame: Exploring Religion, History and Tradition (77-96). I.B Tauris

The Age of the Seljuqs (The Idea of Iran Vol. 6) (2015)
Book
Herzig, E., & Stewart, S. (Eds.). (2015). The Age of the Seljuqs (The Idea of Iran Vol. 6). I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755694839

From their ancestral heartland by the shores of the Aral Sea, the medieval Oghuz Turks marched westwards in search of dominion. Their conquests led to control of a Muslim empire that united the territories of the eastern Islamic world, melded Turkic... Read More about The Age of the Seljuqs (The Idea of Iran Vol. 6).

Zoroastrian funerary practices and eschatological ideas (2013)
Book Chapter
Stewart, S. (2013). Zoroastrian funerary practices and eschatological ideas. In S. Stewart, F. Punthakey Mistree, U. Sims-Williams, A. Hintze, & P. Godrej (Eds.), The Everlasting Flame, Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination (34-41). I.B. Tauris

The Everlasting Flame, Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination (2013)
Book
Stewart, S., Punthakey Mistree, F., Sims-Williams, U., Hintze, A., & Godrej, P. (Eds.). (2013). The Everlasting Flame, Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination. I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755624096

With such ancient beginnings, Zoroastrianism is as remarkably enduring as it is venerable. The principle religion of Iran until the Advent of Islam, it has also been influential beyond its own followers, interacting with other, younger faiths and sha... Read More about The Everlasting Flame, Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination.

Early Islamic Iran (2012)
Book
Herzig, E., & Stewart, S. (Eds.). (2012). Early Islamic Iran. I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755693498

This latest volume in the Idea of Iran Series traces that critical period in Iranian history when ancient traditions were transformed during the country's conversion and the establishment of Islam. Contributors discuss, from a variety of literary, ar... Read More about Early Islamic Iran.

Survival of Iranianness (2009)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. (2009). Survival of Iranianness. In V. S. Curtis, & S. Stewart (Eds.), The Rise of Islam (13-29). I.B. Tauris

The Rise of Islam (2009)
Book
Sarkhosh Curtis, V., & Stewart, S. (Eds.). (2009). The Rise of Islam. I.B. Tauris

Following the Arab conquest of Iran the state religion of Zoroastrianism was dismantled to make way for Islam. Yet Iran managed to retain its Persian language and distinctive Iranian identity under Muslim governance. The reason for this is discussed... Read More about The Rise of Islam.

The Sasanians in the East. A Bactrian archive from northern Afghanistan (2008)
Book Chapter
Sims-Williams, N. (2008). The Sasanians in the East. A Bactrian archive from northern Afghanistan. In V. S. Curtis, & S. Stewart (Eds.), The Sasanian Era (88-102). I.B.Tauris

The Sasanian Era (2008)
Book
Sarkhosh Curtis, V., & Stewart, S. (Eds.). (2008). The Sasanian Era. I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755696895

The Sasanians ruled Iran and most of the ancient Near East from 224 until 642 C.E., a period during which both the arts and architecture flourished under their aegis. Sasanian military success brought them into conflict with Rome, and later Byzantium... Read More about The Sasanian Era.

The Age of the Parthians (2007)
Book
Sarkhosh Curtis, V., & Stewart, S. (Eds.). (2007). The Age of the Parthians. I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755624805

In this book, distinguished scholars examine - from a variety of perspectives - the origins of the Parthians, their history, religion and culture, as well as perceptions of their empire through the lens of both imperial Rome and China. The Parthians... Read More about The Age of the Parthians.

The Birth of the Persian Empire (2005)
Book
Sarkhosh Curtis, V., & Stewart, S. (Eds.). (2005). The Birth of the Persian Empire. I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755624591

This book explores the formation of the first Persian Empire under the Achaemenid Persians. It brings together a multi-disciplinary view of ancient Iran in the first millennium BC and concentrates on the art, archaeology, history and religion of a ge... Read More about The Birth of the Persian Empire.