History of the Saracen Empire
Author: Edward Gibbon
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Published: 1870
Total Pages: 458
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Author: Edward Gibbon
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Published: 1870
Total Pages: 458
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Diana Darke
Publisher: Hurst & Company
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 1787383059
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEuropeans are in denial. Against a backdrop of Islamophobia, they are increasingly distancing themselves from their cultural debt to the Muslim world. But while the legacy of Islam and the Middle East is in danger of being airbrushed out of Western history, its traces can still be detected in some of Europe's most recognisable monuments, from Notre-Dame to St Paul's Cathedral. In this comprehensively illustrated book, Diana Darke sets out to redress the balance, revealing the Arab and Islamic roots of Europe's architectural heritage. She tracks the transmission of key innovations from the great capitals of Islam's early empires, Damascus and Baghdad, via Muslim Spain and Sicily into Europe. Medieval crusaders, pilgrims and merchants from Europe later encountered Arab Muslim culture in journeys to the Holy Land. In more recent centuries, that same route through modern-day Turkey connected Ottoman culture with the West, leading Sir Christopher Wren himself to believe that Gothic architecture should more rightly be called 'the Saracen style', because of its Islamic origins. Recovering this overlooked story within the West's long history of borrowing from the Islamic world, Darke sheds new light on Europe's buildings and offers rich insights into the possibilities of cultural exchange.
Author: Edward Gibbon
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Published: 1899
Total Pages: 464
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Published: 1900
Total Pages: 712
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Victor Tolan
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0231123337
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMedieval Christian writers distorted the teachings of Islam and caricatured its believers in a variety of ways. This book provides a comprehensive study of Christian polemical responses to Islam in the Middle Ages.
Author: Geraldine Heng
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Published: 2018-03-08
Total Pages: 509
ISBN-13: 1108422780
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book challenges the common belief that race and racisms are phenomena that began only in the modern era.
Author: Edward Gibbon
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Published: 1829
Total Pages: 484
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Published: 1823
Total Pages: 454
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Oliver J. Thatcher
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2019-11-22
Total Pages: 512
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Source Book for Mediæval History is a scholarly piece by Oliver J. Thatcher. It covers all major historical events and leaders from the Germania of Tacitus in the 1st century to the decrees of the Hanseatic League in the 13th century.
Author: Edward Gibbon
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Published: 1841
Total Pages: 506
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