... correct. Moreover, little attention is given to the side against which the Crusades were launched in the Middle Ages, and not much has been written on the Muslim responses to the Crusades. The recent past, however, has produced some interesting research on the medieval Muslim perspective and understanding...

... arriving in the Balkans about four thousand years ago. Multiple migration events occurred to and from one another's lands; in ancient years Greek cities like Corinth established colonies on the Illyrian coast, while in the Middle Ages Albanian speakers (known as Arvanites) migrated across Greece. Hundreds...

...- Reviews  127 gests that education at Al Azhar was “the same scholarly system the West has prac- ticed in university scholarship from the Middle Ages down to the present day.” This is dubious because the fifteenth-century Western Renaissance remade the university in Western Europe. But more...

... gests that education at Al Azhar was “the same scholarly system the West has prac- ticed in university scholarship from the Middle Ages down to the present day.” This is dubious because the fifteenth-century Western Renaissance remade the university in Western Europe. But more important than...

... in the development of the region during the Middle Ages. Six scholars describe Limassol’s history from prehistoric times to the conquest of Cyprus by the Ottomans, presenting much hitherto unknown information. Antoine Hermary, emeritus professor of the University of Aix-­en-­Provence, who was for many...

... myth refers to the view by Venetians during the Middle Ages that they were exceptional or unique — politically, religiously, culturally, socially, and even artistically — from the rest of Italy. Both a city and a nation, Venice had a form of government that combined specific features...

... the inspiration for his novella Death in Venice. Such descrip- tions correctly apply to the city that at once can be called both “La Dominante” and “La Serenissima” and play into what historians refer to as “the myth of Venice.” The so-­called myth refers to the view by Venetians during the Middle Ages...

... that at once can be called both “La Dominante” and “La Serenissima” and play into what historians refer to as “the myth of Venice.” The so-­called myth refers to the view by Venetians during the Middle Ages that they were exceptional or unique — politically, religiously, culturally, socially...

... to prove that medieval Islam was more tolerant than Christianity.11 Under classical Islam and throughout the Middle Ages, both Christian and Jewish minority communi- ties enjoyed a degree of tolerance that was lacking in great parts of Christian Europe. This was particularly true for the Jews...

... by Dimitrije Bacevic and others in a church in Hadzici, southwest of Sarajevo, with cumu- lus clouds carrying the coronation ceremony—as in Western European art from the Middle Ages onward. That the Srem paintings appeared in Bosnia may have been a matter...

... by Dimitrije Bacevic and others in a church in Hadzici, southwest of Sarajevo, with cumu- lus clouds carrying the coronation ceremony—as in Western European art from the Middle Ages onward. That the Srem paintings appeared in Bosnia may have been a matter...

... by Dimitrije Bacevic and others in a church in Hadzici, southwest of Sarajevo, with cumu- lus clouds carrying the coronation ceremony—as in Western European art from the Middle Ages onward. That the Srem paintings appeared in Bosnia may have been a matter...

... of the Arab Middle Ages. The liberal humanism that should inform the political and educational institutions of the newly independent Egypt constituted therefore a kind of homecoming. The Future of Culture in Egypt was written in 1938, the year that the treaty stipulating independence from Britain...

... Islamic rule during the Middle Ages, those areas were considered a part of dar al-Islam (House of Islam). It therefore became prudent to treat the numerically large Hindus as People of the Book. In modern times the situation is rather differ- ent. Granting them dhimmi status, for example, would...

... and middle-­age protesters dispersed after demonstrations, a small nucleus of “mask wearers,” or koukoulofori, took to smaller back streets where over several years they systematically burned down stores, banks, theaters, and symbols of authority. The koukoulofori, said to number less than three...

... Tsintsars, sadly not in person. It was too late. Fortunately the Tsintsars are richly recorded in literature, especially in Serbia. In the south-central Balkans, Vlachs settled permanently in towns during the late Middle Ages. Their larg- est city was Moschopolis (also Moskopol). Vlach merchants sent...

... descendants of ancient Macedonians and other inhabitants of Macedonia.5 During the Middle Ages, the theory claims, the Slavs annihi- lated many local people in Macedonia and absorbed the remainder. From the blend of the Slavic element and the descendants of Macedonians, a new “Macedonian” nation...

... at the University of the District of Columbia. Reviews 133 ber. The book chronicles the rise of extreme Islamic movements and analyzes the works of key Muslim thinkers in the Middle Ages and modern times, whose writings have influenced political activism...

.... Reviews 133 ber. The book chronicles the rise of extreme Islamic movements and analyzes the works of key Muslim thinkers in the Middle Ages and modern times, whose writings have influenced political activism in the Muslim world over the years. After a preface, the book is divided into four chapters...

... at the University of the District of Columbia. Reviews 133 ber. The book chronicles the rise of extreme Islamic movements and analyzes the works of key Muslim thinkers in the Middle Ages and modern times, whose writings have influenced political activism...