Empires of Islam in Renaissance Historical Thought / /
Meserve, Margaret
Empires of Islam in Renaissance Historical Thought / / Margaret Meserve. - 1 online resource (369 p.) - Harvard Historical Studies ; ; 158 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on Nomenclature -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1. The Rise and Fall of the Trojan Turks -- 2. Barbarians at the Gates -- 3. In Search of the Classical Turks -- 4. Translations of Empire -- 5. Wise Men in the East -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Caspian Gates -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Drawing on political oratory, diplomatic correspondence, crusade propaganda, and historical treatises, Meserve shows how research into the origins of Islamic empires sprang from-and contributed to-contemporary debates over the threat of Islamic expansion in the Mediterranean. This groundbreaking book offers new insights into Renaissance humanist scholarship and long-standing European debates over the relationship between Christianity and Islam.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674026568 9780674040953
10.4159/9780674040953 doi
Historiography--History--Europe--To 1500.
HISTORY / Europe / General
DR438.8 ǂb M43 2008eb
956/.015072
Empires of Islam in Renaissance Historical Thought / / Margaret Meserve. - 1 online resource (369 p.) - Harvard Historical Studies ; ; 158 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on Nomenclature -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1. The Rise and Fall of the Trojan Turks -- 2. Barbarians at the Gates -- 3. In Search of the Classical Turks -- 4. Translations of Empire -- 5. Wise Men in the East -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Caspian Gates -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Drawing on political oratory, diplomatic correspondence, crusade propaganda, and historical treatises, Meserve shows how research into the origins of Islamic empires sprang from-and contributed to-contemporary debates over the threat of Islamic expansion in the Mediterranean. This groundbreaking book offers new insights into Renaissance humanist scholarship and long-standing European debates over the relationship between Christianity and Islam.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674026568 9780674040953
10.4159/9780674040953 doi
Historiography--History--Europe--To 1500.
HISTORY / Europe / General
DR438.8 ǂb M43 2008eb
956/.015072