02760nam 2200649 a 450 99624797480331620240501033832.01-282-23503-697866122350300-19-156749-32027/heb31237(CKB)1000000000787246(EBL)453650(OCoLC)433096667(SSID)ssj0000240652(PQKBManifestationID)11220933(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000240652(PQKBWorkID)10267355(PQKB)10234878(Au-PeEL)EBL453650(CaPaEBR)ebr10317715(CaONFJC)MIL223503(OCoLC)887851145(MiAaPQ)EBC453650(dli)HEB31237(MiU)MIU01000000000000012890800(EXLCZ)99100000000078724620081210d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSaint Francis and the sultan the curious history of a Christian-Muslim encounter /John TolanOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (399 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-923972-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-372) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. THIRTEENTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURIES; II. FOURTEENTH TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES; Epilogue; Notes; IndexIn 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 artiCurious history of a Christian-Muslim encounterMissions to MuslimsEgyptHistoriographyChristian hagiographyChristian art and symbolismMissions to MuslimsHistoriography.Christian hagiography.Christian art and symbolism.261.2/709022Tolan John Victor1959-752204MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996247974803316Saint Francis and the sultan2274642UNISA