The Apple of His Eye: Converts from Islam in the Reign of Louis IX 0691190119, 9780691190112

The thirteenth century brought new urgency to Catholic efforts to convert non-Christians, and no Catholic ruler was more

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The Apple of His Eye: Converts from Islam in the Reign of Louis IX
0691190119, 9780691190112

The thirteenth century brought new urgency to Catholic efforts to convert non-Christians, and no Catholic ruler was more

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This is the first history of the peaceful conversion of Muslims during the 13th-century crusades, overturning long-held

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The thirteenth century brought new urgency to Catholic efforts to convert non-Christians, and no Catholic ruler was more

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An "appreciative exposition" on the writings of Boisguilbert, with special emphasis on his descriptions of tra

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PHILIPPE DE COMMYNES was probably born in 1447 at the castle of Renescure in the county of Flanders. In 1453 his father

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Louis IX of France reigned as king from 1226 to 1270 and was widely considered an exemplary Christian ruler, renowned fo

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In the first scholarly biography of Minister Farrakhan, leader of the controversial religious movement, the Nation of Is

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Louis IX has long been known both as a saintly crusader and as the founder of effective royal administration in France.

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In the Name of Elijah Muhammad tells the story of the Nation of Islam—its rise in northern inner-city ghettos during the

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