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

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• 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

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.

Table of Contents

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