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Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Traces the parallel evolution of Christianity and Islam in the medieval Mediterranean world, describing their changing relationship--disastrous clashes and periods of peaceful co-existence and mutual enrichment--in light of the conflict of today.
Author
Publisher
De Capo Press, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities The West and Islam--the sword and the scimitar--have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Byzantine emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on Christendom. Sword and Scimitar chronicles the significant...
Author
Publisher
Bombardier Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"[The author] recounts the history of conflict between Islam and the West through the lives of eight legendary men--Godfrey of Bouillon, El Cid, Richard Lionheart, Saint Ferdinand, Saint Louis, John Hunyadi, Skanderbeg, and Vlad the Impaler"--Flap page 1 of dust jacket.
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