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Two Faiths, One Banner: When Muslims Marched with Christians Across Europe´s Battlegrounds
Ian Almond
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Hardback. Demonstrates that in Europe, the heart of the west, Muslims and Christians were often comrades-in-arms, repeatedly forming alliances to wage war against their own faiths and peoples. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 integrated b/w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBW; HRAF; HRC; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
When Englishman and Turk fell side by side in the killing fields of the Crimea, it was not the first time that Christian and Muslim blood was shed, and intermingled, in the cause of battling a common foe. It is fashionable today to talk of a 'clash of civilizations', and of an unbridgeable chasm between the Islamic world and Christendom. But in this bold and iconoclastic book Ian Almond demonstrates that in Europe, the heart of the west, Muslims and Christians were often comrades-in-arms, repeatedly forming alliances to wage war against their own faiths and peoples. As we read of ... Read more
When Englishman and Turk fell side by side in the killing fields of the Crimea, it was not the first time that Christian and Muslim blood was shed, and intermingled, in the cause of battling a common foe. It is fashionable today to talk of a 'clash of civilizations', and of an unbridgeable chasm between the Islamic world and Christendom. But in this bold and iconoclastic book Ian Almond demonstrates that in Europe, the heart of the west, Muslims and Christians were often comrades-in-arms, repeatedly forming alliances to wage war against their own faiths and peoples. As we read of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845116552
SKU
V9781845116552
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About Ian Almond
Ian Almond is a scholar who has taught his field - the representation of Islam in the west - at a number of academies including Edinburgh University, Bosphorus University in Istanbul, Freie Universitat in Berlin and Universita di Bari in Italy. He is the author of two previous books: 'Sufism and Deconstruction' (2004) and 'The New Orientalists', published in 2007 ... Read more
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