http://hdl.handle.net/2123/16257
Title: | Fifteenth-Century Burgundy and the Islamic East |
Authors: | Smith, Darren Department of History |
Keywords: | Duchy of Burgundy Middle Ages late crusades Philip of the Good Christian-Muslim Jean Germain |
Issue Date: | 25-Jan-2017 |
Abstract: | In 1433, Burgundian traveller Bertrandon de la Broquière returned from a journey to the Orient, dressed as a Turk and presenting duke Philip the Good with a copy of the Qur’an. Using this encounter as a starting point, this thesis investigates Burgundy’s engagement with the Islamic East during the fifteenth century, bringing together sources that include travel accounts, interfaith polemic, visual arts, and the Roman de Gillion de Trazegnies. The Burgundian perspective has been neglected by scholarship, which this study attempts to address by repositioning these sources in the academic field of Christian views of Islam in the Middle Ages. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/16257 |
Department/Unit/Centre: | Department of History |
Rights and Permissions: | The author retains copyright of this thesis |
Type of Work: | Thesis, Honours |
Appears in Collections: | Honours Theses Honours Theses - Department of History |
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Smith_D_thesis_2016.pdf | Honours Thesis | 3.43 MB | Adobe PDF |
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