LEADER 03034oam 2200721 a 450 001 9910778165403321 005 20231114170755.0 010 $a0-674-04095-3 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674040953 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786968 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000146218 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11146592 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146218 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10185524 035 $a(PQKB)10211545 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300014 035 $a(DE-B1597)457705 035 $a(OCoLC)1013941697 035 $a(OCoLC)1029826909 035 $a(OCoLC)1032685656 035 $a(OCoLC)1037969073 035 $a(OCoLC)1041991240 035 $a(OCoLC)1046610200 035 $a(OCoLC)1047014492 035 $a(OCoLC)433147875 035 $a(OCoLC)979721532 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674040953 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300014 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10309086 035 $a(dli)HEB07821 035 $a(MiU)KOHA0000000000000000002741 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786968 100 $a20070411d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEmpires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought /$fMargaret Meserve 210 1$aCambridge, Mass. :$cHarvard University Press,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (359 p.) $cill., map 225 0 $aHarvard historical studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-674-02656-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-341) and index. 327 $aNote 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. 330 $aDrawing on political oratory, diplomatic correspondence, crusade propaganda, and historical treatises, Meserve shows how research into the origins of Islamic empires sprang from-and contributed to-contemporary debates over the threat of Islamic expansion in the Mediterranean. This groundbreaking book offers new insights into Renaissance humanist scholarship and long-standing European debates over the relationship between Christianity and Islam. 410 0$aACLS Fellows? publications. 410 0$aHarvard historical studies ;$v158. 606 $aHistoriography$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aTurkey$xHistory$yOttoman Empire, 1288-1918$xHistoriography 607 $aIslamic Empire$xHistoriography 615 0$aHistoriography$xHistory 676 $a956/.015072 686 $aNB 4000$2rvk 700 $aMeserve$b Margaret$01016127 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778165403321 996 $aEmpires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought$92376193 997 $aUNINA