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God's crucible

Islam and the making of Europe, 570 to 1215

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An edition of God's crucible (2008)

God's crucible

Islam and the making of Europe, 570 to 1215

1st ed

by and

  • 2 Want to read

In this panoramic history of Islamic culture in early Europe, a Pulitzer Prizewinning historian re-examines what we thought we knew. Lewis reveals how cosmopolitan, Muslim al-Andalus flourished--a beacon of cooperation and tolerance between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity--while proto-Europe made virtues out of hereditary aristocracy, religious intolerance, perpetual war, and slavery.--From publisher description

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W.W. Norton
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English
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473

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Subjects

Civilization, Civilization, Medieval, History, Islamic influences, Medieval Civilization, Islamisering, Historia, Cultuur, Islamiska influenser, Islam, Civilization, medieval, Europe, history, 476-1492, Europe, civilization, Islam, europe, 15.70 history of Europe, Medieval civilization, New York Times reviewed

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Europe, Middellandse-Zeegebied, Europa

Times

476-1492, medeltiden

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God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215
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God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215
2009, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
in English
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Cover of: God's Crucible
God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe 570-1215
2009, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
in English
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Cover of: God's Crucible
God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215
January 21, 2008, W. W. Norton, W.W. Norton
Hardcover in English
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Cover of: God's crucible
God's crucible: Islam and the making of Europe, 570 to 1215
2008, W.W. Norton
in English - 1st ed
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Cover of: God's Crucible
God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215
2008, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
in English
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Table of Contents

The superpowers
"The Arabs are coming!"
"Jihad!"
The co-opted caliphate and the stumbling Jihad
The year 711
Picking up the pieces after Rome
The myth of Poitiers
The fall and rise of the Umayyads
Saving the popes
An empire of force and faith
Carolingian Jihads: Roncesvalles and Saxony
The great mosque
The first Europe, briefly
Equippose
delicate and doomed
Disequilibrium Pelayo's revenge
Knowledge transmitted, rationalism repudiated: Ibn Rushd and Musa ibn Maymun

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-448) and index

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Library of Congress
D117 .L48 2008

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xxv, 473 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
473

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OL17251163M
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ISBN 13
9780393064728
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2007038000
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4421551
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961257

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In this panoramic history of Islamic culture in early Europe, a Pulitzer Prize winning historian re-examines what we thought we knew. Lewis reveals how cosmopolitan, Muslim al-Andalus flourished--a beacon of cooperation and tolerance between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity--while proto-Europe made virtues out of hereditary aristocracy, religious intolerance, perpetual war, and slavery.--From publisher description.

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