The Shadow of the Crescent : : the Renaissance Image of the Turk (1453-1517) /

The Shadow of the Crescent : : the Renaissance Image of the Turk (1453-1517) / / Robert Schwoebel.

Can we learn from history? A timely problem in the light of the recent dramatic developments in the Middle East and the immanent threat of international terrorism.The from time to time uneasy relations between the Christian West and the Islam originate in the seventh and eighth centuries and took sh...

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Schwoebel, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:Nieuwkoop, Netherlands : : B. de Graaf,, [1967]
©1967
Year of Publication:1967
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) :; illustrations
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • PREFACE
  • LIST OF PLATES
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • I. THE SCOURGE OF GOD
  • II. THE ENEMY OF THE CROSS
  • III. PERFIDIOUS INFIDEL
  • IV. THE CHIVALRIC IDEAL
  • V. CHIVALRY IN ACTION
  • VI. THE NEW BARBARIAN
  • VII. TRAVELERS' TALES
  • VIII. THE TURK AS A TURK
  • INDEX.

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