Europe Through Arab Eyes, 1578–1727 by Hisham Matar
1578–1727
Drawing on Arabic travelogues, letters, and chronicles from the late sixteenth to early eighteenth centuries, this study reconstructs how travelers, envoys, captives, and scholars from North Africa and the Levant perceived Europe, balancing curiosity and admiration for science, commerce, and military power with critiques of religion, morals, and politics; the result is a nuanced, often contradictory portrait of European cities, courts, and everyday life that complicates simple East–West stereotypes.
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- 2009
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- British
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- English
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