Carmen Lícia PALAZZO

Original title: A Idade de Ouro do Islã: o mecenato do Califado Abássida e a Casa da Sabedoria

Published in Idea and image of royal power of the monarchies in Ancient and Medieval World

Keywords: Abbasid Caliphate, Baghdad, Golden Age, Islam.

This article analyses some aspects of the so-called Golden age os Islam by following the works of the Abbasid Caliphate, concentrating on the period ranging from the establishment of the capital at Baghdad up to 833, year of Al-Mamun’s death. The House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikma) is the most potent image among manifold activities, the memory of which lives on the present day. It bears witness to a period in the History of Islam during Which caliphal power acted as a patron to sciences, philosophy, arts, and literature.