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Empires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought / Margaret Meserve

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Meserve, Margaret
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
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1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations, map
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Language Note
In English.
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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ISBN
9780674040953 (electronic bk.)
0674040953 (electronic bk.)
9780674026568 (alk. paper)
067402656X (alk. paper)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-341) and index.
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