Saint Francis and the sultan : the curious history of a Christian-Muslim encounter / / John Tolan

• Autore: Tolan John Victor <1959->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (399 p.)
• Disciplina: 261.2/709022
• Soggetto topico: Missions to Muslims - Egypt - Historiography; Christian hagiography; Christian art and symbolism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-372) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. THIRTEENTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURIES; II. FOURTEENTH TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES; Epilogue; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Saint Francis and the sultan
• ISBN: 1-282-23503-6; 9786612235030; 0-19-156749-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819954103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II