Through the eyes of the beholder : the Holy Land, 1517-1713

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Label

Through the eyes of the beholder : the Holy Land, 1517-1713

Title remainder

the Holy Land, 1517-1713

Statement of responsibility

edited by Judy A. Hayden and Nabil I. Matar

Creator

• Hayden, Judy A

Contributor

• Matar, N. I., (Nabil I.), 1949-

Editor

• Hayden, Judy A
• Matar, N. I., (Nabil I.), 1949-

Subject

• Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Palestine -- History -- To 1500

Language

eng

Summary

"The collection examines the view of holiness in the "Holy Land" through the writings of pilgrims, travelers, and missionaries. The period extends from 1517, the Ottoman conquest of Syria and Palestine, to the Franco-British treaty of Utrecht in 1713 and the consolidation of European hegemony over the Mediterranean. The writers in the collection include Christians (Orthodox, Protestant, and Catholic), Muslims, and Jews, who originate from countries such as Sweden, England, France, Holland, Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and Syria. This book is the first to juxtapose writers of different backgrounds and languages, to emphasize the holiness of the land in a number of traditions, and to ask whether holiness was inherent in geography or a product of the piety of the writers"--

Member of

• Islamic history and civilization, 97

Assigning source

Provided by Publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

263.042569409031

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts,

Series volume

v. 97