Anglo-Saxon perceptions of the Islamic world /
Scarfe Beckett is concerned with western representations of the Islamic world in the Anglo-Saxon period. Using a wide variety of literary, historical and archaeological evidence, she argues that the perception of Arabs, Ismaelites and Saracens derived from Christian exegesis preconditioned a hostili...
| Основен автор: | Scarfe Beckett, Katharine. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Серия: |
Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ;
33. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=120707 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Anglo-Saxon perceptions of the Islamic world. |
| Резюме: |
Scarfe Beckett is concerned with western representations of the Islamic world in the Anglo-Saxon period. Using a wide variety of literary, historical and archaeological evidence, she argues that the perception of Arabs, Ismaelites and Saracens derived from Christian exegesis preconditioned a hostility towards Islamic peoples which prevailed over actual experience. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (viii, 276 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-272) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0511062869 9780511062865 0511121598 9780511121593 0511056532 9780511056536 0511071329 9780511071324 9780511483233 0511483236 |