Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Transcription
- Introduction: Islam in early modern Britain
- 1 “Turning Turke”: conversion to Islam in English writings
- 2 The renegade on stage and in church
- 3 “Arabia Britannica”: “Alcoran” and the legacy of Arabic Islam
- 4 “Baptizing the Turk”: conversion to Christianity in English writings
- 5 Eschatology and the Saracens
- Conclusion: Islam and Britain: centripetal to centrifugal
- Bibliography
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Transcription
- Introduction: Islam in early modern Britain
- 1 “Turning Turke”: conversion to Islam in English writings
- 2 The renegade on stage and in church
- 3 “Arabia Britannica”: “Alcoran” and the legacy of Arabic Islam
- 4 “Baptizing the Turk”: conversion to Christianity in English writings
- 5 Eschatology and the Saracens
- Conclusion: Islam and Britain: centripetal to centrifugal
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Islam in Britain, 1558–1685 , pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1998