The Emperor and the Elephant : Christians and Muslims in the Age of Charlemagne

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Ottewill-Soulsby, Sam
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2023.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Diplomacy
  • Political Context
  • Sources
  • Chapter 2. Perception and Practice in Carolingian Diplomacy with the Islamic World
  • Problems of Perspective
  • Considering the Other
  • Christ and Belial
  • Envoys
  • Travel
  • Reception
  • Gifts
  • Eating the Fish
  • Chapter 3. Carolingian Diplomacy with the 'Abbāsid Caliphate
  • Existential Questions
  • Motivations
  • The Alliance System
  • Patriarchs and Politics
  • Prestige Diplomacy
  • First Contact: Pippin III and al-Manṣūr (767-768)
  • Charlemagne and Hārūn al-Rashīd
  • The Elephant in the Room
  • The End of Carolingian Diplomacy with the ʿAbbāsid Caliphs (831)
  • Chapter 4. Carolingian-Umayyad Diplomacy, Part 1: 751-820
  • The Frontier
  • The Beginning of Carolingian Relations with the Umayyads, 751-793
  • Sulaymān, Charlemagne, and the Roncesvalles Campaign, 777-781
  • An Unusual Proposition
  • My Girona, 781-793
  • 751-793 Conclusion
  • The Franks on the Offensive, 796-812
  • Useless Peace, 810-820
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5. Carolingian-Umayyad Diplomacy, Part 2: 820-864
  • Disaster on the Frontier, 820-830
  • Leaders and Tribunes
  • Lights in the Sky
  • Charles the Bald and Umayyad Spain, 840-864
  • The Son of Evil, 847-851
  • Rebels and Vikings, 863-864
  • The Third King of Spain
  • The Martyrs of Córdoba
  • The End of Carolingian-Umayyad Diplomacy
  • Chapter 6. The Central Mediterranean: The Limits of Carolingian Diplomacy with the Islamic World
  • The Second Part of the World: Charlemagne and North Africa
  • All-Out War: The Emirates of Italy
  • Dogs in the Nighttime
  • Conclusion. Death of an Elephant
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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