Title
Empires of Islam in Renaissance Historical Thought / Margaret Meserve.
ISBN
9780674040953
Published
Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2008
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (369 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674040953 doi
Call Number
DR438.8 ǂb M43 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
956/.015072
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.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023)
Series
Harvard Historical Studies ; ; 158
Available in Other Form
print 9780674026568
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