Tolan / Laurens / Veinstein Europe and the Islamic World

A History
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-4475-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 488 Seiten

John Tolan is professor of history at the Université de Nantes. His books include Saracens and Saint Francis and the Sultan. Gilles Veinstein (1945-2013) was professor of history at the Collège de France. His books include Merchants in the Ottoman Empire. Henry Laurens is professor of history at the Collège de France. He is the author of L'empire et ses ennemis: La question impériale dans l'histoire.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tolan, John

Laurens, Henry

Veinstein, Gilles

Weitere Mitwirkende

Esposito, John L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by John L. Esposito vii

General Introduction 1

Part I: Saracens and Ifranj: Rivalries,Emulation, and Convergences

By John Tolan

- 1. The Geographers' World: From Arabia Felix to the Balad al-Ifranj

(Land of the Franks) 11

- 2. Conquest and Its Justifications: Jihad, Crusade, Reconquista 27

- 3. The Social Inferiority of Religious Minorities: Dhimmis and Mudejars 49

- 4. In Search of Egyptian Gold: Traders in the Mediterranean 70

- 5. On the Shoulders of Giants: Transmission and Exchange of Knowledge 87

Part II: The Great Turk and Europe

By Gilles Veinstein

- Introduction to Part II: Continuity and Change in Geopolitics 111

- 6. The Ottoman Conquest in Europe 120

- 7. Ottoman Europe: An Ancient Fracture 149

- 8. Antagonistic Figures 163

- 9. The Islamic-Christian Border in Europe 186

- 10. Breaches in the Conflict 206

Part III: Europe and the Muslim World in the Contemporary Period

By Henry Laurens

- Introduction to Part III 257

- 11. The Eighteenth Century as Turning Point 259

- 12. Civilization or Conquest? 277

- 13. The Age of Reform 295

- 14. The Age of Empire 322

- 15. The First Blows to European Domination 338

- 16. The Great War and the Beginning of Emancipation 360

- 17. Contemporary Issues 387

Notes 405

Selected Bibliography 439

Index 445

Über Autor(innen)

John Tolan is professor of history at the Université de Nantes. His books include Saracens and Saint Francis and the Sultan. Gilles Veinstein (1945-2013) was professor of history at the Collège de France. His books include Merchants in the Ottoman Empire. Henry Laurens is professor of history at the Collège de France. He is the author of L'empire et ses ennemis: La question impériale dans l'histoire.