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Anglo-Saxon perceptions of the Islamic world /
Scarfe Beckett is concerned with western representations of the Islamic world in the Anglo-Saxon period. Using a wide variety of literary, historical and archaeological evidence, she argues that the perception of Arabs, Ismaelites and Saracens derived from Christian exegesis preconditioned a hostili...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ;
33. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Scarfe Beckett is concerned with western representations of the Islamic world in the Anglo-Saxon period. Using a wide variety of literary, historical and archaeological evidence, she argues that the perception of Arabs, Ismaelites and Saracens derived from Christian exegesis preconditioned a hostility towards Islamic peoples which prevailed over actual experience. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 276 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-272) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511062869 9780511062865 0511121598 9780511121593 0511056532 9780511056536 0511071329 9780511071324 9780511483233 0511483236 9780521054386 0521054389 |