Matar Europe Through Arab Eyes, 1578–1727

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-231-51208-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Matar, Nabil

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration
Chronology
List of Rulers
Part I
Introduction
1. Popular Sources: Accounts of Muslim Captivity in Christendom
2. Elite Sources: Muslim Ambassadors in Christendom
Conclusion: Encountering the Dunya of the Christians
Part II. Translations
1. 1578: Letters of Radwan al- Janawy on Muslim Captives
2. After 1588: Description of the Defeat of the Armada
3. ca. 1589–1591: A Journey from Morocco to Istanbul and Back
4. After June 1596: Description of the En glish Attack on Cadiz
5. 1613–1618: Description of Pisa and Florence
6. 1623: Expulsion of the Moriscos and the Miraculous Ransoming of Muslim Captives
7. 1633–1635: Letters from Tunis by Osman/Thomas d'Arcos, a Convert to Islam
8. 1635: Letter About Muslim Captives Converted to Christianity
9. 1635: Expulsion of the Moriscos
10. 1642: Description of the World
11a. Before 1688: Christian Attack on Jarbah (Tunisia) in 1510
11b. 1685: Bombardment of Tripoli, Libya, by the French Fleet,
12. 1681–1691: Battle Accounts
13. 1590–1654: Euro-Tunisian Piracy
14. Before September 2, 1706: Letter of Mulay Isma'il to the English Parliament
15. November 1, 1707: Letter from a Captive in France
16a. 1713: Letters of Bentura de Zari, Moroccan Ambassador Under House Arrest in London
16b. January 12, 1717: Letter of Mulay Isma'il to Philip V
17. 1726–1727: On Quinine
18. Mid-eighteenth century: Captivity in Malta
19. 1782: Muhammad ibn 'Uthman al- Miknasi. Falling in Love in Naples
20. 1798: Letter from a Female Captive in Malta
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nabil Matar is professor of English at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of a trilogy on Britain and the Islamic Mediterranean: Islam in Britain, 1578-1685; Turks, Moors, and Englishmen in the Age of Discovery; and Britain and Barbary, 1589-1689. He is also author and translator of In the Lands of the Christians.