Saint Francis and the sultan : the curious history of a Christian-Muslim encounter / / John Tolan
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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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| 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 |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Curious history of a Christian-Muslim encounter |
| 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.: | 996247974803316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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