Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean WorldFrom the sixth through the sixteenth centuries, the faiths of Islam and Christianity contended for primacy in the Mediterranean world. At times acrimonious, at other times harmonious, the encounter between the two creeds in the Middle Ages provides a backdrop to much of what informs, and misinforms, public opinion on present-day conflicts. Recounting seven major battles encircling the Mediterranean Yarmuk, Poitiers, Manzikert, Hattin, Las Navas de Tolosa, Constantinople, and Malta Stephen O'Shea shines vital new light on the distant past while offering invaluable perspective on the two faiths' ongoing contest for spiritual and political primacy. |
Contents
Yarmuk 636 | 23 |
Poitiers 732 | 51 |
Córdoba | 75 |
Manzikert 1071 | 103 |
Palermo and Toledo | 130 |
Hattin 1187 | 193 |
The Sea of Faith | 230 |
Constantinople 1453 and Kostantiniyye | 253 |
Malta 1565 | 291 |
Epilogue | 311 |
People of the Sea of Faith | 364 |
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Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean World Stephen O'Shea No preview available - 2007 |
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