Saint Francis and the sultan : the curious history of a Christian-Muslim encounter / John Tolan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tolan, John Victor, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.

Francis.

Malik al-Kāmil Muḥammad, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1180?-1238.

Malik al-Kāmil Muḥammad.

Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226--Art.

Missions to Muslims--Egypt--Historiography.

Missions to Muslims.

Christian hagiography.

Christian art and symbolism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Other Title:

Curious history of a Christian-Muslim encounter

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In September, 1219, Francis of Assisi went to Egypt to preach to Sultan al-Malik al-K--acirc--;mil. John Tolan examines the varying depictions of this brief but highly significant meeting and how they reveal the changing fears and hopes that Muslim-Christian encounters have inspired in European artists and writers in the centuries since. - ;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-K--acirc--;mil. Although we in fact know very little about this event, this has not prevented arti

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. THIRTEENTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURIES; II. FOURTEENTH TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES; Epilogue; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-372) and index.

ISBN:

9786612235030

9781282235038

1282235036

9780191567490

0191567493

OCLC:

433096667

Publisher Number:

2027/heb31237 hdl