wyszukanych pozycji: 14
The United States Through Arab Eyes: An Anthology of Writings (1876-1914)
ISBN: 9781474434355 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A vibrant collection of writings about America from its earliest Arab immigrants, as they reflected on and described the United States for the very first time.
A vibrant collection of writings about America from its earliest Arab immigrants, as they reflected on and described the United States for the very fi...
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550,92 zł |
Henry Stubbe and the Beginnings of Islam: The Originall & Progress of Mahometanism
ISBN: 9780231156646 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Henry Stubbe (1632-1676) was an extraordinary English scholar who challenged his contemporaries by writing about Islam as a monotheistic revelation in continuity with Judaism and Christianity. His major work, The Originall & Progress of Mahometanism, was the first English text to document the Prophet Muhammad's life positively, celebrate the Qur'an as a divine revelation, and praise the Muslim toleration of Christians, undermining a long legacy of European prejudice and hostility. Nabil Matar, a leading scholar of Islamic-British relations, standardizes Stubbe's text and situates...
Henry Stubbe (1632-1676) was an extraordinary English scholar who challenged his contemporaries by writing about Islam as a monotheistic revelation in...
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403,79 zł |
In the Lands of the Christians: Arabic Travel Writing in the 17th Century
ISBN: 9780415932271 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In the Lands of the Christians presents original translations from Arabic of four Christian and Muslim writers who visited Western Europe and America in the 17th century. These essays contain careful descriptions of the regions, societies, customs and religions these intrepid travellers encountered in their journeys.
In the Lands of the Christians presents original translations from Arabic of four Christian and Muslim writers who visited Western Europe and America ...
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708,33 zł |
The United States Through Arab Eyes: An Anthology of Writings (1876-1914)
ISBN: 9781474434362 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A vibrant collection of writings about America from its earliest Arab immigrants, as they reflected on and described the United States for the very first time.
A vibrant collection of writings about America from its earliest Arab immigrants, as they reflected on and described the United States for the very fi...
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125,87 zł |
In the Lands of the Christians: Arabic Travel Writing in the 17th Century
ISBN: 9780415932288 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In the Lands of the Christians presents original translations from Arabic of four Christian and Muslim writers who visited Western Europe and America in the seventeenth century. These essays contain careful descriptions of the regions, societies, customs, and religions these intrepid travelers encountered in their journeys. Here you will find the complete travel narrative of the first Arab to visit South and Central America in 1688, the first English translation of the ambassadorial report by Mohammad bin Abd al-Wahab al-Ghassani who traveled through Spain in 1690, translations of letters by...
In the Lands of the Christians presents original translations from Arabic of four Christian and Muslim writers who visited Western Europe and America ...
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241,30 zł |
Britain and Barbary, 1589-1689
ISBN: 9780813030760 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "This important and fascinating study of early modern England s relationship to North Africa by the foremost expert on the topic is magisterial in its reach and groundbreaking in the implications it holds for seventeenth-century English culture and political history."--Mihoko Suzuki, University of Miami "Following an incisive re-appraisal of The Moor on the Elizabethan Stage vital reading for anyone interested in the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries Professor Matar offers a groundbreaking study of Britain's response to Barbary in matters of state and stage from 1589-1689.... "This important and fascinating study of early modern England s relationship to North Africa by the foremost expert on the topic is magisterial in ... |
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158,88 zł |
An Arab Ambassador in the Mediterranean World: The Travels of Muhammad Ibn 'Uthmān Al-Miknāsī, 1779-1788
ISBN: 9781138791527 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book provides translated selections from the writings of Muhammad Ibn Othman al-Miknasi (d. 1799). The only writings by an Arab-Muslim in the pre-modern period that present a comparative perspective, his travelogues provide unique insight with in to Christendom and Islam. Translating excerpts from his three travelogues, this book tells the story of al-Miknasi's travels from 1779-1788. As an ambassador, al-Miknasi was privy to court life, government offices and religious buildings, and he provides detailed accounts of cities, people, customs, ransom negotiations, historical... This book provides translated selections from the writings of Muhammad Ibn Othman al-Miknasi (d. 1799). The only writings by an Arab-Muslim in the ... |
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760,80 zł |
Islam in Britain, 1558-1685
ISBN: 9780521048972 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This book examines the impact of Islam on early modern Britain. Christian-Muslim interaction at this time was not, as is often thought, primarily adversarial; rather, there was extensive cultural, intellectual and missionary engagement with Islam. Professor Matar investigates the impact of the Qur'an and sufism on the people of Britain, showing that the British interacted widely with Islamic religion, culture and people through travel, in London coffee houses, in church, among converts to and from Islam, in sermons and in plays.
This book examines the impact of Islam on early modern Britain. Christian-Muslim interaction at this time was not, as is often thought, primarily adve...
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259,84 zł |
British Captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760
ISBN: 9789004264496 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. British Captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760 provides the first study of British captives in the North African Atlantic and Mediterranean, from the reign of Elizabeth I to George II. Based on extensive archival research in the United Kingdom, Nabil Matar furnishes the names of all captives while examining the problems that historians face in determining the numbers of early modern Britons in captivity. Matar also describes the roles which the monarchy, parliament, trading companies, and churches played (or did not play) in ransoming captives. He questions the...
British Captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760 provides the first study of British captives in the North African Atlantic a...
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620,40 zł |
An Arab Ambassador in the Mediterranean World: The Travels of Muhammad Ibn 'Uthmān Al-Miknāsī, 1779-1788
ISBN: 9780815348962 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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251,80 zł |
Mediterranean Captivity through Arab Eyes, 1517-1798
ISBN: 9789004440241 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Mediterranean Captivity through Arab Eyes, 1517-1798 is the first book that examines the Arabic captivity narratives in the early modern period. Based on Arabic sources in archives stretching from Amman to Fez to London and Rome, Matar presents the story of captivity from the perspective of the Arabic-speaking captives who have not been examined in the growing field of captivity studies.
Mediterranean Captivity through Arab Eyes, 1517-1798 is the first book that examines the Arabic captivity narratives in the early modern period. Based...
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598,56 zł |
Turks, Moors, and Englishmen in the Age of Discovery
ISBN: 9780231110143 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) During the early modern period, hundreds of Turks and Moors traded in English and Welsh ports, dazzled English society with exotic cuisine and Arabian horses, and worked small jobs in London, while the "Barbary Corsairs" raided coastal towns and, if captured, lingered in Plymouth jails or stood trial in Southampton courtrooms. In turn, Britons fought in Muslim armies, traded and settled in Moroccan or Tunisian harbor towns, joined the international community of pirates in Mediterranean and Atlantic outposts, served in Algerian households and ships, and endured captivity from Salee to...
During the early modern period, hundreds of Turks and Moors traded in English and Welsh ports, dazzled English society with exotic cuisine and Arabian...
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678,97 zł |
Islam in Britain, 1558-1685
ISBN: 9780521622332 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book examines the impact of Islam on early modern Britain. Christian-Muslim interaction at this time was not, as is often thought, primarily adversarial; rather, there was extensive cultural, intellectual and missionary engagement with Islam. Professor Matar investigates the impact of the Qur'an and sufism on the people of Britain, showing that the British interacted widely with Islamic religion, culture and people through travel, in London coffee houses, in church, among converts to and from Islam, in sermons and in plays.
This book examines the impact of Islam on early modern Britain. Christian-Muslim interaction at this time was not, as is often thought, primarily adve...
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453,66 zł |
Turks, Moors, and Englishmen in the Age of Discovery
ISBN: 9780231110150 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. During the early modern period, hundreds of Turks and Moors traded in English and Welsh ports, dazzled English society with exotic cuisine and Arabian horses, and worked small jobs in London, while the "Barbary Corsairs" raided coastal towns and, if captured, lingered in Plymouth jails or stood trial in Southampton courtrooms. In turn, Britons fought in Muslim armies, traded and settled in Moroccan or Tunisian harbor towns, joined the international community of pirates in Mediterranean and Atlantic outposts, served in Algerian households and ships, and endured captivity from Salee to...
During the early modern period, hundreds of Turks and Moors traded in English and Welsh ports, dazzled English society with exotic cuisine and Arabian...
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154,64 zł |