Crucible of Light
islam and the forging of europe from the 8th to the 21st century
$64.01
- Hardcover
592 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2025
Summary
Crucible of Light: A Shared History of Islam and Christianity
Rethinking the history of the last thirteen centuries, in Crucible of Light, Elizabeth Drayson pulls together the epic interwoven history of the Muslim and Christian worlds.
Focusing on major turning points, individual stories and key places, from Mecca to Cordoba, from Damascus to Venice, and from Vienna to Istanbul, Drayson tracks the themes that unite us – classical learning preserved …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035008599 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035008599 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Drayson |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Elizabeth Drayson
Elizabeth Drayson is Emeritus Fellow in Spanish at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. She specializes in medieval and early modern Spanish literature and cultural history, and has a particular interest in the Arabic, Jewish, and Christian cultures of medieval and Golden Age Spain. Her books include The Moor’s Last Stand (2017), which featured among The Times and the Sunday Times History Books of the Year 2017, and Lost Paradise: the story of Granada (2021). She is also a central figure in a major European-wide research project charting the legacy of Islam in eastern Europe in the twentieth century.
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