Saint Francis and the sultan : the curious history of a Christian-Muslim encounter

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Title Saint Francis and the sultan : the curious history of a Christian-Muslim encounter Type Bibliographic Edition Year 2009 TOC Summary "In September, 1219, as the armies of the Fifth Crusade besieged the Egyptian city of Damietta, Francis of Assisi went to Egypt to preach to Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil. Although we in fact know very little about this event, this has not prevented artists and writers from the thirteenth century to the twentieth, unencumbered by mere facts, from portraying Francis alternatively as a new apostle preaching to the infidels, a scholastic theologian proving the truth of Christianity, a champion of the crusading ideal, a naive and quixotic wanderer, a crazed religious fanatic, or a medieval Gandhi preaching peace, love, and understanding. Al-Kamil, on the other hand, is variously presented as an enlightened pagan monarch hungry for evangelical teaching, a cruel oriental despot, or a worldly libertine." "Saint Francis and the Sultan takes a detailed look at these richly varied artistic responses to this brief but highly symbolic meeting. Throwing into relief the changing fears and hopes that Muslim-Christian encounters have inspired in European artists and writers in the centuries since, it gives a uniquely broad but precise vision of the evolution of Western attitudes towards Islam and the Arab world over the last eight hundred years."--BOOK JACKET. BH ID BV035706042 Link EPIC Open Data ID BVB01-017759883

Name	Tolan, John Victor
Type	100
Year	1959-
Title
Relationship	aut
Relator	Verfasser
GND	135712513 : json
Wikidata	Q3182610

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Name	Kamil, al-Malik al- : 1180-1238
GND ID	118720589 : json
Wikidata	Q293464

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Name	261.2/709022
Type	082
Tag	082
Scheme	ddc
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9780199239726
019923972X