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This Orient Isle

Elizabethan England and the Islamic World

This Orient Isle( )
Author: Brotton, Jerry
ISBN:978-0-14-197867-3
Publication Date:Apr 2017
Publisher:Penguin Books, Limited
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $24.99
Book Description:

In 1570, after plots and assassination attempts against her, Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope. It was the beginning of cultural, economic and political exchanges with the Islamic world of a depth not again experienced until the modern age. England signed treaties with the Ottoman Porte, received ambassadors from Morocco and shipped munitions to Marrakech in the hope of establishing an accord which would keep the common enemy of Catholic Spain at bay. This awareness of the...
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Book Details
Pages:384
Detailed Subjects: Political Science / International Relations / General
Social Science / Customs & Traditions
History / Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.9 x 19.7 x 2.3 cm
Book Weight:0.306 Kilograms



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