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Acknowledgements.
Abbreviations.
Nomenclature and Conventions.
Charting the Course.
The Conquest: Event, Text, and Memory.
Christian Elites: The Dialectic of Duty and Faith.
Religious Conversion and Social Cohesion.
Language, Identity, and Assimilation.
The Long Eighth Century: A Cultural Bridge.
Muslim Elites, Urban Administration, and Rural Justice.
Metamorphosis of the Muslim Community.
Ideologies and Jurisdictions.
A Church and Community in Transition.
Polemics and the Construction of Communal Identities.
Webs of Significance.
Notes.
Select Bibliography.
Papyrological Index.