Medieval Empires and the Culture of Competition: Literary Duels at Islamic and Christian Courts

A probing inquiry into medieval court struggles, this book examines the Persian Buyids' takeover of the great Arab caliphate in Iraq, the counter-Crusade under Saladin, and the literature of sovereignty in Spain and Italy at the cusp of the Renaissance.

Author: Samuel England
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 05/13/2019
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781474425230

About the Author
Samuel England is Assistant Professor of Arabic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has published articles in Mediterranean Studies and Middle Eastern Literatures.