Islam Under the Crusaders - Colonial Survival in the Thirteenth-Century Kingdom of Valencia

Informationen zum Autor Robert Ignatius Burns Klappentext The struggle between Islam and the Crusaders comprised a dialogue of cultures on a broad geographic scale and a wide expanse of time, a perennial seesaw of conquest in the West as in the East. Father Burns' pioneering work on Valencia has demonstrated that the inner reality of this sustained confrontation lies as much in the colonial interims as in the battles.Originally published in 1974.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Zusammenfassung The struggle between Islam and the Crusaders comprised a dialogue of cultures on a broad geographic scale and a wide expanse of time, a perennial seesaw of conquest in the West as in the East. Father Burns' pioneering work on Valencia has demonstrated that the inner reality of this sustained confrontation lies as much in the colonial interims as in

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• Authors: Robert Burns, Robert Ignatius Burns, Burns Robert Ignatius
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2015
• EAN: 9780691618517
• ISBN: 978-0-691-61851-7
• No. of pages: 538
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Legacy Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Europe, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Middle East, Islamic Studies, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Specific wars and campaigns, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Crusades, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Islamic