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Originally published in hardback in 2019 as Volume 136 in the series Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik Section, Section 1, The Near and Middle East.
Translated from Michael Borgolte, Weltgeschichte als Stiftungsgeschichte, 2018, © wbg (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft), Darmstadt, Germany. All rights reserved.
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program
(FP7/2007–2013) / ERC grant agreement no 287389
Cover illustration: Founder Stefano Porro with church model of his foundation. Wall painting about 1370, Lentate sul Sèveso (Lombardy, Italy) – Akg images.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Names: Borgolte, Michael, author. | Chitwood, Zachary, translator.
Title: World history as the history of foundations, 3000 BCE to 1500 CE / Michael Borgolte ; [translated by Zachary Chitwood].
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. | Series: Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, the Near and Middle East, 0169-9423 ; vol. 136 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019037996 (print) | LCCN 2019037997 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004414488 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004415089 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Endowments—History—To 1500. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations—History—To 1500.
Classification: LCC HV16 .B6713 2019 (print) | LCC HV16 (ebook) | DDC 361.7/63209—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019037996
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019037997
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ISSN 0169-9423
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