Empires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought

Meserve, Margaret.

Empires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought [electronic resource] / Margaret Meserve. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2008. - 359 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. - Harvard historical studies ; 158 . - ACLS Fellows’ publications. Harvard historical studies ; 158. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-341) and index.

Note on nomenclature -- List of figures -- Introduction -- The rise and fall of the Trojan Turks -- Barbarians at the gates -- In search of the classical Turks -- Translations of empire -- Wise men in the east -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Caspian gates -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

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--History--Europe--To 1500.


Turkey--History--Historiography.--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Islamic Empire--Historiography.

Historiography