Turks, Moors, and Englishmen in the Age of Discovery

by Nabil Matar

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During the early modern period, hundreds of Turks and Moors traded in English and Welsh ports, dazzled English society with exotic cuisine and Arabian horses, and worked small jobs in London, while the "Barbary Corsairs" raided coastal towns and, if captured, lingered in Plymouth jails or stood trial in Southampton courtrooms. In turn, Britons fought in Muslim armies, traded and settled in Moroccan or Tunisian harbor towns, joined the international...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0231110146

ISBN13:9780231110143

Release Date:June 1999

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

16th Century England Europe European History History & Criticism Literature & Fiction Middle East Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Movements & Periods

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