Beschreibung:
This book carefully examines the historical roots of contemporary Western prejudices against both Muslims and Turks, and presents an original theory of collective identity as dramatic re-enactment as a means of understanding the remarkable persistence of medieval stereotypes.
This book carefully examines the historical roots of contemporary Western prejudices against both Muslims and Turks
Studying Narrative Identities in History: Theory and Method Exclusive Identities and Military Defeat: From First Encounters to the High Middle Ages (c. 632-1050) Inclusive Identities and Military Expansion: Latin Christendom in The High Middle Ages (c. 1050-1350) 'Europe' and 'the Turk': The Renaissance and the Reformation 'Mahomet the Imposter ' : Old and New in 17th and 18th-century European Images of Islam 'The Cruel Turk' and EUtopia Conclusion: Historical Legacies and Imagining Alternatives Appendix: Party Groups in the European Parliament