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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. This extraordinary moment was part of a much wider set of diplomatic relations between the Carolingian dynasty and the Islamic world, including not only the Caliphate in the east but also Umayyad al-Andalus, North Africa, the Muslim lords of Italy and a varied cast of warlords, pirates and renegades. The Emperor and the Elephant offers a new account of these relations. By drawing on Arabic sources that help explain how and why Muslim rulers engaged with Charlemagne and his family, Sam Ottewill-Soulsby provides a fresh perspective on a subject that has until now been dominated by and seen through western sources.The Emperor and the Elephant demonstrates the fundamental importance of these diplomatic relations to everyone involved. Charlemagne and Harun al-Rashid’s imperial ambitions at home were shaped by their dealings abroad. Populated by canny border lords who lived in multiple worlds, the long and shifting frontier between al-Andalus and the Franks presented both powers with opportunities and dangers, which their diplomats sought to manage.Tracking the movement of envoys and messengers across the Pyrenees, the Mediterranean and beyond, and the complex ideas that lay behind them, this book examines the ways in which Christians and Muslims could make common cause in an age of faith.
Christianity and other religions --- Islam --- History --- Relations --- Christianity --- Charlemagne, --- Hārūn al-Rashīd, --- Abbasid Caliphate. --- Aghlabid. --- Carolingian empire. --- Catalonia. --- Charles the Bald. --- Harun al-Rashid. --- Ifriqiya. --- Louis the Pious. --- Roncesvalles. --- Saracen. --- Spanish March. --- Umayyads. --- al-Andalus. --- embassy. --- medieval diplomacy.
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"The color red has represented many things, from the life force and the divine to love, lust, and anger. Up through the Middle Ages, red held a place of privilege in the Western world. For many cultures, red was not just one color of many but rather the only color worthy enough to be used for social purposes--in some languages, the word for red was the same as the word for color. The first color developed for painting and dying, red became associated in antiquity with war, wealth, and power. In the medieval period, red held both religious significance, as the color of the blood of Christ and the fires of Hell, and secular meaning, as a symbol of love, glory, and beauty. Yet during the Protestant Reformation, red began to decline in status. Viewed as indecent and immoral and linked to luxury and the excesses of the Catholic Church, red fell out of favor. After the French Revolution, red gained new respect as the color of progressive movements and radical left-wing politics. In this beautifully illustrated book, Michel Pastoureau, the acclaimed author of Blue, Black, and Green, now masterfully navigates centuries of symbolism and complex meanings to present the fascinating and sometimes controversial history of the color red. Pastoureau illuminates red's evolution through a diverse selection of captivating images, from the cave paintings of Lascaux, the works of Renaissance masters, to modern paintings and stained glass by Mark Rothko and Josef Albers"--Inside front jacket flap.
Rouge dans l'art. --- Symbolisme des couleurs --- Couleur --- Rouge. --- Red in art. --- Symbolism of colors --- Color --- Red. --- Histoire. --- Aspect social --- Aspect psychologique --- History. --- Social aspects --- Psychological aspects --- Anthony van Dyck. --- Athanasius Kircher. --- Bestiary. --- Blason. --- Brought to Light. --- Cassone. --- Chaperon (headgear). --- Charles the Bald. --- Church Fathers. --- Cinnabar. --- Classical Latin. --- Clothing. --- Coat of arms. --- Cochineal. --- Cosmetics. --- Couleur. --- Council of Constance. --- Dionysus. --- Dyeing. --- Early modern period. --- Einhard. --- Emblem. --- Enjolras. --- Etymology. --- Flemish painting. --- Georges de La Tour. --- Giovanni Arnolfini. --- Good and evil. --- Grisaille. --- Hebrews. --- Hematite. --- Heraldry. --- Hieronymus Bosch. --- Hussites. --- Iconography. --- Invidia. --- Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty. --- Kees van Dongen. --- Lacquer. --- Little Red Riding Hood. --- Lucas Cranach the Elder. --- Maurice Quentin de La Tour. --- Middle French. --- Minium (pigment). --- Mithraism. --- Museo del Prado. --- Natural History (Pliny). --- On the Eve. --- Orcein. --- Otto Dix. --- Paul Klee. --- Persecution. --- Phrygian cap. --- Pigment. --- Politique. --- Pope Leo III. --- Prostitution. --- Red Army Faction. --- Red hair. --- Reynard. --- Ridicule. --- Roman de Fauvel. --- Suetonius. --- Sumptuary law. --- Symbolic power. --- Talc. --- The Other Hand. --- Vestment. --- Victor Hugo. --- Vinegar.
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