The religions of the book: Christian perceptions, 1400 - 1660

Introduction: the devil citing scipture: Christian perceptions of the religions of the book / Matthew Dimmock and Andrew Hadfield -- Christian antisemitism and intermedial experience in late medieval England / Anthony Bale -- The Crusade of Varna, 1443-1445: what motivated the crusaders? / Colin Imb...

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Contributors: Dimmock, Matthew 1975- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Basingstoke [u.a.] Palgrave MacMillan 2008
In:Year: 2008
Reviews:The religions of the book. Christian perceptions, 1400–1660. Edited by Matthew Dimmock and Andrew Hadfield. (Early Modern Literature in History.) Pp. xv+213 incl. 9 ills. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. £45. 978 0 230 02004 7 (2009) (Ferrell, Lori Anne)
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Edition:1. publ.
Series/Journal:Early modern literature in history
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Christianity / Islam / Judaism / Interfaith dialogue / History 1400-1660
B English language / Literature / Religion
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
BJ Islam
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B English literature Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism
B Judaism in literature
B Christianity and other religions Judaism History
B Islam in literature
B English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism
B Christianity and antisemitism in literature
B Christianity and other religions Islam History
B Europe Religion
B English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism
B English literature Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism
B Christianity and other religions in literature
B Conference program
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Summary:Introduction: the devil citing scipture: Christian perceptions of the religions of the book / Matthew Dimmock and Andrew Hadfield -- Christian antisemitism and intermedial experience in late medieval England / Anthony Bale -- The Crusade of Varna, 1443-1445: what motivated the crusaders? / Colin Imber -- "A human head to the neck of a horse": hybridity, monstrosity and early Christian conceptions of Muhammad and Islam / Matthew Dimmock -- "Vile interpretations" and "devilish supplements": Jewish exegesis and linguistic siege in Martin Luther's On the Jews and their lies (1543) / Raphael Hallett -- "Turks" and "Christians": the iconography of possession in the depiction of the Ottoman-Venetian-Hapsburg frontiers, 1550-1689 / Palmira Brummett -- Confounding Babel: the language of religion in the English Revolution / Matthew Birchwood -- "A parallel made with the Jewish sanhedrin": tolerating Jews and Jewish precedents in the early modern church and state / Eliane Glaser -- Milton among the Muslims / Gerald MacLean
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-206) and index. - Formerly CIP
ISBN:0230020046