Empires of Islam in Renaissance Historical Thought

Margaret Meserve

  • 2008 Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian History, American Historical Association
  • 2009 Phyllis Goodhart Gordan Book Prize, Renaissance Society of America

Note on Nomenclature

List of Figures

Introduction

1. The Rise and Fall of the Trojan Turks

2. Barbarians at the Gates

3. In Search of the Classical Turks

4. Translations of Empire

5. Wise Men in the East

Epilogue

Appendix: The Caspian Gates

Abbreviations

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

  • Cover: Empires of Islam in Renaissance Historical Thought

Margaret Meserve is Assistant Professor of History, University of Notre Dame.