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ERIC Number: EJ540259
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-1045-6007
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Pseudo-Conversions and Patchwork Pedigrees: The Christianization of Muslim Princes and the Diplomacy of Holy War.
Knobler, Adam
Journal of World History, v7 n2 p181-97 Fall 1996
Examines the historical fallacy, popular in western civilization from medieval to early modern times, that Muslim allies were somehow secretly Christian. These fallacies often served to explain Christian-Muslim diplomacy to the public at a time when Islam was portrayed as the enemy of Christianity. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Cultural Interrelationships, Ethnic Bias, Ethnocentrism, European History, Higher Education, International Relations, Islamic Culture, Middle Eastern History, Non Western Civilization, Religious Cultural Groups, Religious Factors, Western Civilization
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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