Description
| Product ID: | 9780141978673 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | This Orient Isle |
| Subtitle: | Elizabethan England and the Islamic World |
| Authors: | Author: Jerry Brotton |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Social groups: religious groups and communities, International relations, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Islamic studies, International relations, England, Islamic countries, c 1500 to c 1600 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating WINNER OF THE HISTORICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWNAS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'Fabulous, timely, a marvellous achievement' Spectator'A richly resonant work which recasts our understanding of the Elizabethan era' Daily TelegraphIn 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 Islamic world found its way into many of the great English cultural productions of the day - especially, of course, Shakespeare's Othello and The Merchant of Venice. This Orient Isle shows that England's relations with the Muslim world were far more extensive, and often more amicable, than we have ever appreciated, and that their influence was felt across the political, commercial and domestic landscape of Elizabethan England. WINNER OF THE HISTORICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-03-02 |