Empires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought / Margaret Meserve.

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Meserve, Margaret

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TextSeries: Harvard historical studies ; v. 158.Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780674040953
0674040953

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Empires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought.DDC classification:

956/.015072 22

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DR438.8 .M43 2008eb

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NB 4000

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Contents:

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.

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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-341) and 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.

In English.

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