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Hindiyya, Mystic and Criminal, 1720-1798: A Political and Religious Crisis in Lebanon (en Inglés)
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Hindiyya, Mystic and Criminal, 1720-1798: A Political and Religious Crisis in Lebanon (en Inglés) - Bernard Heyberger
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A compelling narrative, in which Bernard Heyberger relates the fascinating history of Hindiyya 'Ujaymi, a highly charismatic Levantine mystic of sinister repute. Heyberger makes a careful study of Hindiyya's life from earliest childhood, with a detailed picture of her formative years in the eighteenth-century Christian community of Aleppo, the domestic reality of which is little known, exploring the influences she would have experienced. He leads us through her spiritual development under the direction of the Jesuits, her determination to found a new religious order in Lebanon, and the tragic history of its collapse in a welter of paranoia and persecution. Heyberger also reveals the tensions and complex rivalries at play around Hindiyya between Rome, the Jesuits, and the ancient tribal alliances of the society in which she lived. He makes extensive use of a wide variety of sources, from Hindiyya's own writings to reports from her confessors and Roman inquisitors, to shed light upon the Hindiyya affair. 'Hindiyya, Mystic and Criminal' conveys the story of a woman of inflexible power of will and great charisma, who managed to move beyond the circumscribed world of her girlhood and realise what she believed to be her destiny. It will be of great interest to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of an intriguing passage of Lebanese history and to those interested in eighteenth-century Maronite Christianity and its complex interactions with the authority of Rome. Bernard Heyberger is a Professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris. At present he is the Director of the Institut d'Étude de l'Islam et des Sociétés du Monde Musulman at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. He has lived in Syria, Lebanon and Italy and is the author of several publications on the social history of the Eastern Christians in the Ottoman era. ' "Hindiyya" is a consummate piece of historical writing that combines biographical narrative, long-term structure analysis and good old-fashioned murder mystery. . . . "Hindiyya" breaks new ground as a study of religious deviance and mentalité in an early modern Levantine society.' Stefan Winter, MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies
