Empires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought /
Meserve, Margaret.
Empires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought / Margaret Meserve. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations, map - Harvard historical studies ; 158 . - Harvard historical studies ; v. 158. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-341) and index.
Note on nomenclature -- List of figures -- Introduction -- The rise and fall of the Trojan Turks -- Barbarians at the gates -- In search of the classical Turks -- Translations of empire -- Wise men in the east -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Caspian gates -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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.
In English.
9780674040953 (electronic bk.) 0674040953 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) (alk. paper)
10.4159/9780674040953 doi
22573/ctvjj25h4 JSTOR
To 1918
Historiography--History--Europe--To 1500.
HISTORY--General.
HISTORY--General.--Europe
Historiography.
Turkey--History--Historiography.--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Islamic Empire--Historiography.
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Empire ottoman--Histoire.
Empire islamique--Historiographie.
Europe.
Islamic Empire.
Turkey.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DR438.8 / .M43 2008eb
956/.015072
DR438.8 / (INTERNET)
Empires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought / Margaret Meserve. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations, map - Harvard historical studies ; 158 . - Harvard historical studies ; v. 158. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-341) and index.
Note on nomenclature -- List of figures -- Introduction -- The rise and fall of the Trojan Turks -- Barbarians at the gates -- In search of the classical Turks -- Translations of empire -- Wise men in the east -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Caspian gates -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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.
In English.
9780674040953 (electronic bk.) 0674040953 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) (alk. paper)
10.4159/9780674040953 doi
22573/ctvjj25h4 JSTOR
To 1918
Historiography--History--Europe--To 1500.
HISTORY--General.
HISTORY--General.--Europe
Historiography.
Turkey--History--Historiography.--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Islamic Empire--Historiography.
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Empire ottoman--Histoire.
Empire islamique--Historiographie.
Europe.
Islamic Empire.
Turkey.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DR438.8 / .M43 2008eb
956/.015072
DR438.8 / (INTERNET)