Empires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought /
Author / Creator: | Meserve, Margaret. |
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Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. |
Description: | 1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations, map |
Language: | English |
Series: | Harvard historical studies ; 158 Harvard historical studies ; v. 158. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11196978 |
Summary: | Renaissance humanists believed that the origins of peoples could reveal crucial facts about their modern political character. Margaret Meserve explores what happened when European historians turned to study the political history of a faith other than their own. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations, map |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-341) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780674040953 0674040953 9780674026568 067402656X |