Meserve, Margaret.

Empires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought [electronic resource] / Margaret Meserve. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - 359 p. : ill., map. - Harvard historical studies ; 158 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-341) and index.

Note on nomenclature -- List of figures -- Introduction -- The rise and fall of the Trojan Turks -- Barbarians at the gates -- In search of the classical Turks -- Translations of empire -- Wise men in the east -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Caspian gates -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Historiography--History--Europe--To 1500.


Turkey--History--Historiography.--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Islamic Empire--Historiography.


Electronic books.

DR438.8 / .M43 2008

956/.015072