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UNINA9910819954103321 |
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Autore |
Tolan John Victor <1959-> |
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Titolo |
Saint Francis and the sultan : the curious history of a Christian-Muslim encounter / / John Tolan |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-23503-6 |
9786612235030 |
0-19-156749-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (399 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Missions to Muslims - Egypt - Historiography |
Christian hagiography |
Christian art and symbolism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-372) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. THIRTEENTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURIES; II. FOURTEENTH TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES; Epilogue; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In September, 1219, Francis of Assisi went to Egypt to preach to Sultan al-Malik al-K--acirc--;mil. John Tolan examines the varying depictions of this brief but highly significant meeting and how they reveal the changing fears and hopes that Muslim-Christian encounters have inspired in European artists and writers in the centuries since. - ;In September, 1219, as the armies of the Fifth Crusade besieged the Egyptian city of Damietta, Francis of Assisi went to Egypt to preach to Sultan al-Malik al-K--acirc--;mil. Although we in fact know very little about this event, this has not prevented arti |
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