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Empires of Islam in Renaissance Historical Thought / / Margaret Meserve.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Harvard Historical Studies ; 158Publisher: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (369 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674026568
  • 9780674040953
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 956/.015072
LOC classification:
  • DR438.8 ǂb M43 2008eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674040953

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

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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.

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