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Book Number
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000273964
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ISBN
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 9780704372979
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0704372975
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Main Entry
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Gorton, T. J. (Ted J.)
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Title
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Renaissance emir :. a Druze warlord at the court of the Medici / T.J. Gorton.
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Imprint
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London : Quartet, 2013.
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Descr.
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xix, 225 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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Bibliogr.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
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: 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
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Per.Sub.
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Fakhr al-Din II, Emir of Lebanon, 1572-1635.
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Subject - Lib.Cong.
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Lebanon -- History -- 1516-1918.
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Lebanon -- Foreign relations -- Italy -- Tuscany -- 17th century.
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Druzes -- History -- 17th century.
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Tuscany (Italy) -- Foreign relations -- Lebanon -- 17th century.
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Holdings
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Gennadius Library
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