Turkish myth and muslim symbol : the battle of Manzikert /
Turks ruled the Middle East for a millennium and eastern Europe for many centuries and it is an undoubted fact that they moulded the lands under their dominion. It is therefore something of a paradox that the history of Turkey and aspects of the identity and role of the Turks, both as Muslims and as...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2007.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The twelfth-century accounts of the battle of Manzikert
- The thirteenth-century accounts of the battle of Manzikert
- The fourteenth- and fifteenth-century accounts of the battle of Manzikert
- Writing the battle
- The ongoing Muslim-Christian confrontation : the victorious contribution of the Turks
- The heritage of Manzikert : the myth of national identity.