Elizabeth Drayson

Gebundenes Buch

Crucible of Light

Islam and the forging of Europe from the 8th to the 21st Century

Beschreibung

An ambitious, revisionist and wide-ranging account of the centuries-old relationship between Islam and Europe, from the Moorish invasion of Spain to the present.

Autor

Elizabeth Drayson is Emeritus Fellow in Spanish at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. She specializes in medieval and early modern Spanish literature and cultural history, and has a particular interest in the Arabic, Jewish, and Christian cultures of medieval and Golden Age Spain. Her books include The Moor's Last Stand, which featured among The Times and the Sunday Times History Books of the Year 2017, and Lost Paradise: The Story of Granada. She was a central figure in an award-winning international research project charting the legacy of Islam in Europe from 1350 - 1550.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 50mm
• Gewicht: 888g
• ISBN-13: 9781035008599
• ISBN-10: 1035008599
• Artikelnr.: 71807466