Turks, Moors, and Englishmen in the Age of Discovery

by Nabil Matar

Book Overview

During the early modern period, hundreds of Turks and Moors traded in English and Welsh ports, dazzled English society with exotic cuisine and Arabian horses, and worked small jobs in London, while the "Barbary Corsairs" raided coastal towns and, if captured, lingered in Plymouth jails or stood trial in Southampton courtrooms. In turn, Britons fought in Muslim armies, traded and settled in Moroccan or Tunisian harbor towns, joined the international...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231110146
• ISBN13: 9780231110143
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher