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Faith and Sword: A Short History of Christian-Muslim Conflict
Alan G. Jamieson
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Description for Faith and Sword: A Short History of Christian-Muslim Conflict
Paperback. Faith and Sword gives a concise history of what has arguably been the longest conflict in human history - a conflict that continues, in a new form, to this day. The overtly religious Christian-Muslim struggle lasted for nearly thirteen centuries, and for most of that period the Muslims were in the ascendant. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRAX; HRC; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 342.
Faith and Sword gives a concise history of what has arguably been the longest conflict in human history - a conflict that continues, in a new form, to this day. The overtly religious Christian-Muslim struggle lasted for nearly thirteen centuries, and for most of that period the Muslims were in the ascendant. The Christians eventually halted the tide of Arab conquest, but their counterstroke in the Crusades ended in failure and the Muslim threat was renewed by the Ottoman Turks. Only after 1600 did the Christians finally begin to gain the upper hand, with the fall of the Ottoman empire ... Read more
Faith and Sword gives a concise history of what has arguably been the longest conflict in human history - a conflict that continues, in a new form, to this day. The overtly religious Christian-Muslim struggle lasted for nearly thirteen centuries, and for most of that period the Muslims were in the ascendant. The Christians eventually halted the tide of Arab conquest, but their counterstroke in the Crusades ended in failure and the Muslim threat was renewed by the Ottoman Turks. Only after 1600 did the Christians finally begin to gain the upper hand, with the fall of the Ottoman empire ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780236728
SKU
V9781780236728
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About Alan G. Jamieson
Alan G. Jamieson is a researcher and writer based in Alberta, Canada. He is the author of Lords of the Sea: A History of the Barbary Corsairs (Reaktion Books, 2012).
Reviews for Faith and Sword: A Short History of Christian-Muslim Conflict
"Sedulous, unapologetic presentation of fact... a challenge to Islamic resisters that Muhammad never be criticized... Opens our eyes to an inescapable truth: Christians and Muslims fought wars for more than 1,000 years, with each at times conquering the other's territory by force." -Carlin Romano, "Philadelphia Inquirer" 'Jamieson's Faith and Sword is precisely the book I have been waiting for: scholarly ... Read more