Juan de Segovia and the Fight for Peace : Christians and Muslims in the Fifteenth Century / Anne Marie Wolf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolf, Anne Marie.

Series:

History, languages, and cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese worlds.

History, languages, and cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Relations--Christianity--History--To 1500.

Islam.

Christianity and other religions--Islam--History--To 1500.

Christianity and other religions.

Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Church history.

Christian biography.

Segovia, Juan de, 1393-1458.

Segovia, Juan de.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wolf's study of Juan de Segovia deftly weaves together the Castilian's education, career as a staunch conciliarist, and peaceful approach to Islam.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: The Years at the University of Salamanca""; ""Chapter Two: Contact, Conversations, and Conversion""; ""Chapter Three: The Basel Years""; ""Chapter Four: Converting Fellow Christians""; ""Chapter Five: Converting Muslims""; ""Epilogue""; ""Appendix 1: Excerpt from Juan de Segovia, Repetitio de fide catholica""; ""Appendix 2: Excerpt from Juan de Segovia, De mittendo gladio divini Spiritus in corda sarracenorum""; ""Appendix 3: Excerpt from Juan de Segovia, Letter to Nicholas of Cusa, December 2, 1454""

""Notes""""Bibliography""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780268158538

0268158533

9780268096700

0268096708

OCLC:

880240772