Debate: Elizabethans and Islam
Forum member Akfarrar found what , for him, is evidence of connections...
Forum member Akfarrar found what , for him, is evidence of connections between two cultures
- Duration: 5 mins
- Published on: Sunday 23rd December 2007
- Introductory Level
- Posted under: Religious Studies
Read this over on the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7155903.stm
which supports the ever widening view of the Renaissance's debt to Islam and the East being somewhat greater than Europeans like to admit.
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Originally published: Sunday, 23rd December 2007
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