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Author Tolan, John Victor, 1959-
Uniform Title Europe et l'islam. English
Title Europe and the Islamic world : a history / John Tolan, Gilles Veinstein, and Henry Laurens ; translated by Jane Marie Todd ; With a Foreword by John L. Esposito.
Publisher Princeton [New Jersey] : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Copyright date ©2013



Descript 1 online resource (xi, 478 pages) : illustrations
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Note Henry Laurens's name appears first on the original French ed.
Contents Foreword / John L. Esposito -- General introduction -- Part I : Saracens and Ifranj : rivalries, emulation, and convergences / John Tolan. The geographers' world : from Arabia Felix to the Balad al-Ifranj (land of the Franks) ; Conquest and its justifications : jihad, crusade, Reconquista ; The social inferiority of religious minorities : Dhimmis and Mudejars ; In search of Egyptian gold : traders in the Mediterranean ; On the shoulders of giants : transmission and exchange of knowledge -- Part II : The great Turk and Europe / Gilles Veinstein. Introduction to Part II : continuity and change in geopolitics ; The Ottoman conquest in Europe ; Ottoman Europe : an ancient fracture ; Antagonistic figures ; The Islamic-Christian border in Europe ; Breaches in the Conflict -- Part III : Europe and the Muslim world in the contemporary period / Henry Laurens. The eighteenth century as turning point ; Civilization or conquest? ; The age of reform ; The age of empire ; The first blows to European domination ; The Great War and the beginning of emancipation ; Contemporary issues.
Note In English; translated from French.
Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781400844753 (e-book)
1400844754 (e-book)
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Author Tolan, John Victor, 1959-
Subject Islamic civilization -- Western influences.
Europe -- Relations -- Middle East.
Middle East -- Relations -- Europe.
Europe -- Relations -- Islamic countries.
Islamic countries -- Relations -- Europe.
Europe -- Civilization -- Islamic influences.
Alt author Veinstein, Gilles.
Laurens, Henry, 1954-
Todd, Jane Marie, 1957-
Descript 1 online resource (xi, 478 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Note Henry Laurens's name appears first on the original French ed.
Contents Foreword / John L. Esposito -- General introduction -- Part I : Saracens and Ifranj : rivalries, emulation, and convergences / John Tolan. The geographers' world : from Arabia Felix to the Balad al-Ifranj (land of the Franks) ; Conquest and its justifications : jihad, crusade, Reconquista ; The social inferiority of religious minorities : Dhimmis and Mudejars ; In search of Egyptian gold : traders in the Mediterranean ; On the shoulders of giants : transmission and exchange of knowledge -- Part II : The great Turk and Europe / Gilles Veinstein. Introduction to Part II : continuity and change in geopolitics ; The Ottoman conquest in Europe ; Ottoman Europe : an ancient fracture ; Antagonistic figures ; The Islamic-Christian border in Europe ; Breaches in the Conflict -- Part III : Europe and the Muslim world in the contemporary period / Henry Laurens. The eighteenth century as turning point ; Civilization or conquest? ; The age of reform ; The age of empire ; The first blows to European domination ; The Great War and the beginning of emancipation ; Contemporary issues.
Note In English; translated from French.
Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781400844753 (e-book)
1400844754 (e-book)
Author Tolan, John Victor, 1959-
Subject Islamic civilization -- Western influences.
Europe -- Relations -- Middle East.
Middle East -- Relations -- Europe.
Europe -- Relations -- Islamic countries.
Islamic countries -- Relations -- Europe.
Europe -- Civilization -- Islamic influences.
Alt author Veinstein, Gilles.
Laurens, Henry, 1954-
Todd, Jane Marie, 1957-

Subject Islamic civilization -- Western influences.
Europe -- Relations -- Middle East.
Middle East -- Relations -- Europe.
Europe -- Relations -- Islamic countries.
Islamic countries -- Relations -- Europe.
Europe -- Civilization -- Islamic influences.
Descript 1 online resource (xi, 478 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Note Henry Laurens's name appears first on the original French ed.
Contents Foreword / John L. Esposito -- General introduction -- Part I : Saracens and Ifranj : rivalries, emulation, and convergences / John Tolan. The geographers' world : from Arabia Felix to the Balad al-Ifranj (land of the Franks) ; Conquest and its justifications : jihad, crusade, Reconquista ; The social inferiority of religious minorities : Dhimmis and Mudejars ; In search of Egyptian gold : traders in the Mediterranean ; On the shoulders of giants : transmission and exchange of knowledge -- Part II : The great Turk and Europe / Gilles Veinstein. Introduction to Part II : continuity and change in geopolitics ; The Ottoman conquest in Europe ; Ottoman Europe : an ancient fracture ; Antagonistic figures ; The Islamic-Christian border in Europe ; Breaches in the Conflict -- Part III : Europe and the Muslim world in the contemporary period / Henry Laurens. The eighteenth century as turning point ; Civilization or conquest? ; The age of reform ; The age of empire ; The first blows to European domination ; The Great War and the beginning of emancipation ; Contemporary issues.
Note In English; translated from French.
Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
Alt author Veinstein, Gilles.
Laurens, Henry, 1954-
Todd, Jane Marie, 1957-
ISBN 9781400844753 (e-book)
1400844754 (e-book)

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