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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: MESERVE, Margaret,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard Historical Studies ; 158
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674040953; 9783110442205; 9783110459517; 9783110662566
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674040953
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Margaret MESERVE.

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.