Cargando…
Empires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought /
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 b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2008.
|
| Colección: | Harvard historical studies ;
v. 158. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.