03034oam 2200721 a 450 991077816540332120231114170755.00-674-04095-310.4159/9780674040953(CKB)1000000000786968(SSID)ssj0000146218(PQKBManifestationID)11146592(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146218(PQKBWorkID)10185524(PQKB)10211545(MiAaPQ)EBC3300014(DE-B1597)457705(OCoLC)1013941697(OCoLC)1029826909(OCoLC)1032685656(OCoLC)1037969073(OCoLC)1041991240(OCoLC)1046610200(OCoLC)1047014492(OCoLC)433147875(OCoLC)979721532(DE-B1597)9780674040953(Au-PeEL)EBL3300014(CaPaEBR)ebr10309086(dli)HEB07821(MiU)KOHA0000000000000000002741(EXLCZ)99100000000078696820070411d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEmpires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought /Margaret MeserveCambridge, Mass. :Harvard University Press,2008.1 online resource (359 p.) ill., mapHarvard historical studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-02656-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-341) and index.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.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 book offers new insights into Renaissance humanist scholarship and long-standing European debates over the relationship between Christianity and Islam.ACLS Fellows’ publications.Harvard historical studies ;158.HistoriographyEuropeHistoryTo 1500TurkeyHistoryOttoman Empire, 1288-1918HistoriographyIslamic EmpireHistoriographyHistoriographyHistory956/.015072NB 4000rvkMeserve Margaret1016127MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778165403321Empires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought2376193UNINA