03070cam a22004214a 4500 14168670 20250312111146.0 150206s2006 nyuab b 001 0 eng 2005033290 0802714986 (hardcover) 9781861975218 (hardcover) DLC DLC BAKER C#P BUR YDXCP OCLCQ BTCTA KEC SMP CQU DLC pcc mm----- aw----- ff----- e------ DE84 .O84 2006 909/.09822 22 O'Shea, Stephen. Sea of faith : Islam and Christianity in the medieval Mediterranean world / Stephen O'Shea. New York : Walker : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2006. xii, 411 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-394) and index. Yarmuk 636 -- Poitiers 732 -- C|rdoba -- Manzikert 1071 -- Palermo and Toledo -- Hattin 1187 -- Las Navas de Tolosa 1212 -- The sea of faith -- Constantinople 1453 and Kostantiniyye -- Malta 1565. The shared history of Christianity and Islam began, shortly after Islam emerged in the seventh century A.D., with a question: Who would inherit the world of the Mediterranean? Sprung from the same Abrahamic source, the two faiths played out what historian O'Shea calls "sibling rivalry writ very large." Their clashes on the battlefield were balanced by long periods of coexistence and mutual enrichment, and by the end of the sixteenth century the religious boundaries of the modern world were drawn. O'Shea chronicles the meetings of minds and the collisions of armies that marked the Middle Ages--the better to understand their apparently intractable conflict today. For all the great and everlasting moments of cultural interchange and tolerance--in Cordoba, Palermo, Constantinople--the ultimate "geography of belief" was decided on the battlefield. O'Shea recounts seven pivotal battles between the forces of Christianity and Islam that shaped the Mediterranean world.--From publisher description. Battles Mediterranean Region History. East and West. Mediterranean Region History, Military. Islamic Empire History, Military. Europe History, Military. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005033290.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005033290-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005033290-d.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg acquire 2 shelf copies policy default BK yh59 2005-11-21 yh31 2005-11-21 to Dewey rc09 2009-06-30 Z-CipVer rc09 2009-06-30 to BCCD 15 15 19231 19231 0 0 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 909.0982 Osh 2006 8297 2025-06-30 00:00:00 2025-03-09 BK 0 0 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 909.0982 Osh 2006 c.2 8345 2025-06-30 00:00:00 2025-03-09 BK