1. Turks and Moors in England 2. Soldiers Pirates, Traders, and Captives: Britons Among the Muslims 3. The Renaissance Triangle: Britons Muslims, and American Indians 4. Sodomy and Conquest 5. Holy Land, Holy War Conclusion: Britons, Muslims, and the Shadow of the America Indians Appendixes Notes Bibliography Index
Through trade, piracy, ambassadorial exchanges, friendship, and marriage, the Muslim was the most frequently encountered non-Christian from the Elizabethan until the early Stuart periods. Analyzing hitherto unexamined sources-court depositions, English captives' memoirs, Arabic chronicles, North African histories, and writings by Englishmen who lived in trading centers from Morocco to Egypt-Nabil Matar presents new research about the interaction between English society and Muslims, highlighting the role played in such interactions by English conceptions of the native peoples of the New World.
Nabil Matar is a professor of English and the department head at the Florida Institute of Technology. He is the author of Islam for Beginners, Peter Sterry: Select Writings, and Islam in Britain: 1558-1685.
A valuable contribution to the study of the rise of Orientalism and colonialism... perceptive and elegantly written. Arab Studies Journal An important but neglected topic. Matar has done early modern scholarship an important service. Sixteenth Century Journal Worth [its] weight in gold... Matar's work adds to the discourse of both orientalism and post-colonialism by providing essential detailed historical analysis of primary sources... Extremely informative and enlightening. The Muslim World Book Review Matar's work is full of surprises for anyone who believes that Christian-Muslim relations have always been confrontational. -- William Dalrymple New York Review of Books
A valuable contribution to the study of the rise of Orientalism and colonialism... perceptive and elegantly written. Arab Studies Journal An important but neglected topic. Matar has done early modern scholarship an important service. Sixteenth Century Journal Worth [its] weight in gold... Matar's work adds to the discourse of both orientalism and post-colonialism by providing essential detailed historical analysis of primary sources... Extremely informative and enlightening. The Muslim World Book Review Matar's work is full of surprises for anyone who believes that Christian-Muslim relations have always been confrontational. -- William Dalrymple New York Review of Books
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