Two Scientific Revolutions

III. The Classical Age

Waqf and Patronage

The Decline of PatronageReasons

Literary Patronage

Military Elites

Universal Trade

The Decline of Patronage

ResultsArt and Literature

Public Art

New forms and new artists

New genres and new content

The Decline of Patronage

ResultsScientific Thought and Practice

Theory and Practice

Education

a second job?

The Waqf

What is a waqf?

The Waqf Document

The Rise of the Waqf

What did the waqf support?

The Scholarly Elites and the Waqf

Teaching Children and Literacy

Two Scientific Revolutions

III. The Classical Age

Waqf and Patronage