Author:
Tolan, John Victor, 1959-
Imprint:Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2013.
Descriptionxi, 478 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Henry Laurens's name appears first on the original French ed.
Note:Foreword / John L. Esposito -- General introduction -- Part I : Saracens and Ifranj : rivalries, emulation, and convergences / John Tolan. The geographers' world : from Arabia Felix to the Balad al-Ifranj (land of the Franks) ; Conquest and its justifications : jihad, crusade, Reconquista ; The social inferiority of religious minorities : Dhimmis and Mudejars ; In search of Egyptian gold : traders in the Mediterranean ; On the shoulders of giants : transmission and exchange of knowledge -- Part II : The great Turk and Europe / Gilles Veinstein. Introduction to Part II : continuity and change in geopolitics ; The Ottoman conquest in Europe ; Ottoman Europe : an ancient fracture ; Antagonistic figures ; The Islamic-Christian border in Europe ; Breaches in the Conflict -- Part III : Europe and the Muslim world in the contemporary period / Henry Laurens. The eighteenth century as turning point ; Civilization or conquest? ; The age of reform ; The age of empire ; The first blows to European domination ; The Great War and the beginning of emancipation ; Contemporary issues.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-444) and index.
