Sea of faith : Islam and Christianity in the medieval Mediterranean world /

Sea of faith : Islam and Christianity in the medieval Mediterranean world /

The shared history of Christianity and Islam began, shortly after Islam emerged in the seventh century A.D., with a question: Who would inherit the world of the Mediterranean? Sprung from the same Abrahamic source, the two faiths played out what historian O'Shea calls "sibling rivalry writ...

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Main Author: O'Shea, Stephen (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: New York : Walker : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2006.

Subjects:

Battles > Mediterranean Region > History.
East and West.
Europe > History, Military.
Islamic Empire > History, Military.
Mediterranean Region > History, Military.

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Call Number: DE84 .O84 2006

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Table of Contents:
  • Yarmuk 636
  • Poitiers 732
  • Córdoba
  • Manzikert 1071
  • Palermo and Toledo
  • Hattin 1187
  • Las Navas de Tolosa 1212
  • The sea of faith
  • Constantinople 1453 and Kostantiniyye
  • Malta 1565.