Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean World
Stephen O'Shea
From the sixth through the sixteenth centuries, the faiths of Islam and Christianity contended for primacy in the Mediterranean world. At times acrimonious, at other times harmonious, the encounter between the two creeds in the Middle Ages provides a backdrop to much of what informs, and misinforms, public opinion on present-day conflicts. Recounting seven major battles encircling the Mediterranean--Yarmuk, Poitiers, Manzikert, Hattin, Las Navas de Tolosa, Constantinople, and Malta--Stephen O'Shea shines vital new light on the distant past while offering invaluable perspective on the two faiths' ongoing contest for spiritual and political primacy.
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Tahun:
2007
Penerbit:
Walker & Company
Bahasa:
english
ISBN 10:
0802715176
ISBN 13:
9780802715173
File:
EPUB, 479 KB
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english, 2007