Saint Francis and the sultan the curious history of a Christian-Muslim encounter /

Saint Francis and the sultan [electronic resource] : the curious history of a Christian-Muslim encounter / John Tolan.

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"In September, 1219, as the armies of the Fifth Crusade besieged the Egyptian city of Damietta, Francis of Assisi went to Egypt to preach to Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil. Although we in fact know very little about this event, this has not prevented artists and writers from the thirteenth century to...

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Main Author: Tolan, John Victor, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Francis, > of Assisi, Saint, > 1182-1226.
Malik al-Kāmil Muḥammad, > Sultan of Egypt and Syria, > 1180?-1238.
Francis, > of Assisi, Saint, > 1182-1226 > Art.
Missions to Muslims > Egypt > Historiography.
Christian hagiography.
Christian art and symbolism.
Egypt.
Art.

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