Britain and the Islamic World, 1558-1713

by Nabil Matar and Gerald MacLean

Before they had an empire in the East, the British travelled into the Islamic world to pursue trade and to form strategic alliances against the Catholic powers of France and Spain. First-hand encounters with Muslims, Jews, Greek Orthodox, and other religious communities living together under tolerant Islamic rule changed forever the way Britons thought about Islam, just as the goods they imported from Islamic countries changed forever the way they...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199203180
• ISBN13: 9780199203185
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"