| Format |
BK |
| Leader |
cam 22 i 45 0 |
| Control No. |
000273964 |
| Control No. ID |
OCoLC |
| Date & Time Last Tr |
20130531075432.0 |
| Fixed-Length Field |
130412s20132013enkabf b 001 0 eng d |
| ISBN |
9780704372979 |
| ISBN |
0704372975 |
| System Control No. |
(OCoLC)838791749 |
| Cataloging Source |
YDXCP eng rda YDXCP YNK QGK MYG Gennadeion |
| LC Call No. |
DS84 .G67 2013 |
| ME-Personal Name |
Gorton, T. J. (Ted J.) |
| Title |
Renaissance emir :. a Druze warlord at the court of the Medici / T.J. Gorton. |
| Publication Area |
London : Quartet, 2013. |
| Phys.Description |
xix, 225 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formated Contents N |
: 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 sta |
| Local Note |
gen0713 |
| Subject-Name |
Fakhr al-Din II, Emir of Lebanon, 1572-1635. |
| Subject-Geographic |
Lebanon -- History -- 1516-1918. |
| Subject-Geographic |
Lebanon -- Foreign relations -- Italy -- Tuscany -- 17th century. |
| Subject-Topical-LC |
Druzes -- History -- 17th century. |
| Subject-Geographic |
Tuscany (Italy) -- Foreign relations -- Lebanon -- 17th century. |
| 264 4 |
Ã2013. |
| Location |
Gennadius Library ; DS84 ; .G67 2013 |
| Location |
Gennadius Library ; DS84 ; .G67 2013 ; |
| 004 |
000273964 |
| Fixed-Length Field |
1308022p 8 1001baeng1000000 |
| Location |
; DS84 ; .G67 2013 |
| Sys.No. |
000273964 |
