Europe and Islam
Published on 10. May 2001
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-631-19732-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this book Franco Cardini examines the ideas, prejudices, disinformation and anti-information that have formed and coloured Europe's attitude towards Islam. Encompassing 1500 years of ideological interchange and armed conflict, he retells the mutual histories of East and West and examines how and why misunderstanding has occurred The author focuses primarily on the Islam of the Mediterranean (Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa) with which Europeans came into contact over a long period, but stresses that Islam should not be treated as homogenous. The book concludes with a consideration of the role of Islam within Europe today, a role that is growing yet remains contested.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
492 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-19732-4 (9780631197324)
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Franco Cardini is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Florence. he previously taught at the universities of Florence and Bari as well as in Paris, Gottingen, Vienna, Madrid, Barcelona, Turku, Boston, Burlington, Sao Paulo, Jerusalem and Damascus. His publications include Gerusalemme d'oro di rame di luce (1992), Studio sulla storia e sull'idea di crociata (1993), Medioevo al femminile (with F. Bertini, M. T. Fumagalli Beonio Brocchiri and C. Leonardi, 1992). He also edited Constanza la strega di San Miniato (1989).
Content
Contents. Introduction. 1. A Prophet and Three Continents. 2. Between Two Millennia. 3. Europe's Response - The 'Reconquista' and Naval Exploits. 4. The Role of the Holy City. 5. Conflict and Encounters in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries. 6. The Treasure of the Pharaoh. 7. The Lords of Fear. 8. 'Inimicus Crucis, Inimicus Europae'. 9. Renaissance Europe and the Turks. 10. Sultans, Pirates and Renegades. 11. The Age of Iron and the Enlightenment. 12. From the 'Sickness' of the Ottoman Empire to the Third Wave of Islam. Chronology. Bibliographical Note. Index.