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An early modern dialogue with Islam : Antonio de Sosa's Topography of Algiers (1612) /
This book makes available in translation a riveting sixteenth-century chronicle of European and North African cultural contacts that is virtually unknown to English-speaking readers. The Topography was written by a Portuguese cleric, Doctor Antonio de Sosa, who was captured by Algerian corsairs in 1...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Español |
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Notre Dame, Ind. :
University of Notre Dame Press,
©2011.
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| Colección: | History, languages, and cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese worlds.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book makes available in translation a riveting sixteenth-century chronicle of European and North African cultural contacts that is virtually unknown to English-speaking readers. The Topography was written by a Portuguese cleric, Doctor Antonio de Sosa, who was captured by Algerian corsairs in 1577 and held as a Barbary slave for over four years while awaiting ransom. Sosa''s work is a fascinating description of a city at the crossroads of civilizations, with a sophisticated multilingual population of Turks, Arabs, Moriscos, Berbers, Jews, Christian captives, and converts to Islam from across the world. |
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| Notas: | Translated from Spanish. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-380) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780268077723 026807772X |