RT Book
T1 Europe and the Islamic World: A History
A1 Tolan, John Victor 1959-
A2 Laurens, Henry
A2 Todd, Jane Marie 1957-
A2 Veinstein, Gilles 1945-2013
LA English
PP Princeton, N.J
PB Princeton University Press
YR 2012
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1658647262
AB Europe and the Islamic World sheds much-needed light on the shared roots of Islamic and Western cultures and on the richness of their inextricably intertwined histories, refuting once and for all the misguided notion of a "clash of civilizations" between the Muslim world and Europe. In this landmark book, three eminent historians bring to life the complex and tumultuous relations between Genoans and Tunisians, Alexandrians and the people of Constantinople, Catalans and Maghrebis--the myriad groups and individuals whose stories reflect the common cultural, intellectual, and religious heritage of Europe and Islam. Since the seventh century, when the armies of Constantinople and Medina fought for control of Syria and Palestine, there has been ongoing contact between the Muslim world and the West. This sweeping history vividly recounts the wars and the crusades, the alliances and diplomacy, commerce and the slave trade, technology transfers, and the intellectual and artistic exchanges. Here readers are given an unparalleled introduction to key periods and events, including the Muslim conquests, the collapse of the Byzantine Empire, the commercial revolution of the medieval Mediterranean, the intellectual and cultural achievements of Muslim Spain, the crusades and Spanish reconquest, the rise of the Ottomans and their conquest of a third of Europe, European colonization and decolonization, and the challenges and promise of this entwined legacy today. As provocative as it is groundbreaking, this book describes this shared history in all its richness and diversity, revealing how ongoing encounters between Europe and Islam have profoundly shaped both.
CN DS63.2.E8
SN 9781400844753
K1 Civilization : Islamic influences
K1 Islamic civilization : Western influences
K1 Islamic civilization
K1 Europa
K1 Islam
K1 Geschichte
K1 HISTORY / Medieval
K1 Europe : Relations : Middle East
K1 Middle East : Relations : Europe
K1 Europe : Relations : Islamic countries
K1 Islamic countries : Relations : Europe
K1 Europe : Civilization : Islamic influences
DO 10.1515/9781400844753