Meserve, Margaret. <br/><br/>
Empires of Islam in Renaissance Historical Thought. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (370 pages) 
 - Harvard Historical Studies ;  v.158 .
 - Harvard Historical Studies .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- 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. 
<br/><br/> Drawing on political oratory, diplomatic correspondence, crusade propaganda, and historical treatises, Meserve shows how research into the origins of Islamic empires sprang from--and contributed to--contemporary debates over the threat of Islamic expansion in the Mediterranean. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674040953 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DR438 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>956/.015072