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Mar 2024
50m 41s

328. Esclavages en terres d’Islam

PAROLES D'HISTOIRE
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L’invité : M’hamed Oualdi, professeur à Sciences Po Paris, historien du Maghreb et de l’empire ottomanLe livre : L’esclavage dans les mondes musulmans, Paris, Amsterdam, 2024. La discussion : Introduction (00:00) Une histoire pas simple à écrire (4:00) Définitions et statuts des esclaves dans les pays musulmans (14:30) Diversité des esclaves, rareté des révo ... Show More
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