God's crucible : Islam and the making of Europe, 570 - 1215
In this panoramic history of Islamic culture in early Europe, a Pulitzer Prize winning historian re-examines what we thought we knew. Lewis reveals how cosmopolitan, Muslim al-Andalus flourished--a beacon of cooperation and tolerance between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity--while proto-Europe made...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York [u.a.] : W. W. Norton,
2008
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| Ausgabe: | 1. ed. |
| Schlagworte: | Europe Civilization, Medieval Europa Islam Geschichte 570-1215 |
| Umfang: | XXV, 473 S., [4] Bl. |
| Zusammenfassung: | In this panoramic history of Islamic culture in early Europe, a Pulitzer Prize winning historian re-examines what we thought we knew. Lewis reveals how cosmopolitan, Muslim al-Andalus flourished--a beacon of cooperation and tolerance between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity--while proto-Europe made virtues out of hereditary aristocracy, religious intolerance, perpetual war, and slavery.--From publisher description In this panoramic history of Islamic culture in early Europe, a Pulitzer Prize winning historian re-examines what we thought we knew. Lewis reveals how cosmopolitan, Muslim al-Andalus flourished--a beacon of cooperation and tolerance between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity--while proto-Europe made virtues out of hereditary aristocracy, religious intolerance, perpetual war, and slavery.--From publisher description |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XXV, 473 S., [4] Bl. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9780393064728 0393064727 |