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 'Abbasid Caliph, Harun al-...
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| Auteur principal : |
Ottewill-Soulsby Sam
(Auteur) |
| Format : |
Livre |
| Langue : |
anglais |
| Titre complet : |
The emperor and the elephant : Christians and Muslims in the age of Charlemagne / Sam Ottewill-Soulsby |
| Publié : |
Princeton, New Jersey, Oxford :
Princeton University Press
, C 2023
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| Description matérielle : |
1 vol. (xv-363 p.) |
| Sujets : |
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Nantilus
