The emperor and the elephant: Christians and Muslims in the age of Charlemagne
A new history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Carolingian period that provides a fresh account of events by drawing on Arabic as well as western sourcesIn the year 802, an elephant arrived at the court of the Emperor Charlemagne in Aachen, sent as a gift by the ʿAbbasid Caliph, Harun al-Rashid....
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton Oxford
Princeton University Press
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
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Karl, I., Heiliges Römisches Reich, Kaiser 747-814
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/ History
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Carolingian empire
B Catalonia B Ifriqiya B Medieval / HISTORY B Aghlabid B Roncesvalles B Spanish March B Harun al-Rashid B Abbasid Caliphate B Islam Relations Christianity History To 1500 B Saracen B Charles the Bald B medieval diplomacy B Umayyads B embassy B Louis the Pious B al-Andalus B Christianity and other religions Islam History To 1500 |
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