The Emperor and the Elephant: Christians and Muslims in the Age of Charlemagne - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691227962ISBN-10:691227969UPC:9780691227962Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Europe, Christianity, HistoryBook Topic:Medieval, HistorySize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.6314Product ID:SCKCJRM9E9
The Emperor and the Elephant: Christians and Muslims in the Age of Charlemagne
A new history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Carolingian period that provides a fresh account of events by drawing on Arabic as well as western sources
In the year 802, an elephant arrived at the court of the Emperor Charlemagne in Aachen, sent as a gift by the ʿAbbasid Caliph, Harun al-Rashid. This extraordinary moment was part of a much wider set of diplomatic relations between the...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691227962ISBN-10:691227969UPC:9780691227962Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Europe, Christianity, HistoryBook Topic:Medieval, HistorySize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.6314Product ID:SCKCJRM9E9
Sam Ottewill-Soulsby is a researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW).
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