Renaissance emir : a Druze warlord at the court of the Medici / T.J. Gorton.
2013
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Title
Renaissance emir : a Druze warlord at the court of the Medici / T.J. Gorton.
Published
London : Quartet, 2013.
Copyright
©2013
Description
xix, 225 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Associated name
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
chapter 1.
Prince of the Druze.
Out of the shadows ;
The heir becomes apparent ;
A very personal physician ;
Consolidation
chapter 2.
The sect where every man is a prince.
The noble wisdom ;
Druzism and Islam ;
Syria, Lebanon, and the Shouf
chapter 3.
Fakhr ad-Din's world : the Levant in 1600.
The view from Niha ;
Meanwhile back at the Sublime Porte ;
Relations with Europe ;
Capitulations and factories
chapter 4.
Druze and Medici.
From Florence to Niha ;
Trouble in Aleppo ;
Enemies of one's enemies ;
Jerusalem is worth a mass ;
Papal bull
chaper 5.
Storm clouds gather.
Subtill as a foxe ;
Digression on coinage ;
Collision course
chapter 6.
Tuscany.
Safe arrival in Christendom ;
Europe through the prism of Islam ;
Vasari's corridor
chapter 7.
Carnival in Florence.
Heat wave and scandal ;
Too big to fail ;
The economics of galley-slaves ;
Negotiations begin
chapter 8.
Dreams of Jerusalem.
The voyage of the Tartana ;
Negotiations and insinuations ;
Marvellous indecision ;
False pardon and just desserts
chapter 9.
Sicily and Naples.
Spanish overtures ;
Flying visit to the homeland ;
Palermo, then Naples ;
Tuna-fish and duelling... ;
Public women, public finances ;
A minor inquisition ;
A mother's call, a daughter's death
chapter 10.
Pinnacle.
Trouble on the home front ;
Turning point ;
Battle of ʻAnjar ;
Cows, bulls, and little dogs ;
French warning
chapter 11.
Endgame.
A quiet time, an awkward agent ;
A royal rebuke ;
The tipping-point ;
The final catastrophe
ch. 12.
Legacy.
Fakhr ad-Din, icon of Lebanon ;
Levantine renaissance ;
Fakhr ad-Din on the stage
Postscript : note on al-Khalidi's Life of Fakhr ad-Din.
Prince of the Druze.
Out of the shadows ;
The heir becomes apparent ;
A very personal physician ;
Consolidation
chapter 2.
The sect where every man is a prince.
The noble wisdom ;
Druzism and Islam ;
Syria, Lebanon, and the Shouf
chapter 3.
Fakhr ad-Din's world : the Levant in 1600.
The view from Niha ;
Meanwhile back at the Sublime Porte ;
Relations with Europe ;
Capitulations and factories
chapter 4.
Druze and Medici.
From Florence to Niha ;
Trouble in Aleppo ;
Enemies of one's enemies ;
Jerusalem is worth a mass ;
Papal bull
chaper 5.
Storm clouds gather.
Subtill as a foxe ;
Digression on coinage ;
Collision course
chapter 6.
Tuscany.
Safe arrival in Christendom ;
Europe through the prism of Islam ;
Vasari's corridor
chapter 7.
Carnival in Florence.
Heat wave and scandal ;
Too big to fail ;
The economics of galley-slaves ;
Negotiations begin
chapter 8.
Dreams of Jerusalem.
The voyage of the Tartana ;
Negotiations and insinuations ;
Marvellous indecision ;
False pardon and just desserts
chapter 9.
Sicily and Naples.
Spanish overtures ;
Flying visit to the homeland ;
Palermo, then Naples ;
Tuna-fish and duelling... ;
Public women, public finances ;
A minor inquisition ;
A mother's call, a daughter's death
chapter 10.
Pinnacle.
Trouble on the home front ;
Turning point ;
Battle of ʻAnjar ;
Cows, bulls, and little dogs ;
French warning
chapter 11.
Endgame.
A quiet time, an awkward agent ;
A royal rebuke ;
The tipping-point ;
The final catastrophe
ch. 12.
Legacy.
Fakhr ad-Din, icon of Lebanon ;
Levantine renaissance ;
Fakhr ad-Din on the stage
Postscript : note on al-Khalidi's Life of Fakhr ad-Din.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
DS84 .G67 2013