{"product_id":"texts-from-the-middle-documents-from-the-mediterranean-world-650-1650-9780520296534","title":"Texts from the Middle: Documents from the Mediterranean World, 650-1650","description":"\u003ci\u003eTexts from the Middle \u003c\/i\u003eis a companion primary source reader to the textbook\u003ci\u003e The Sea in the Middle\u003c\/i\u003e. It can be used alone or in conjunction with the textbook, providing an original history of the Middle Ages that places the Mediterranean at the geographical center of the study of the period from 650 to 1650. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Building on the textbook's unique approach, these sources center on the Mediterranean and emphasize the role played by peoples and cultures of Africa, Asia, and Europe in an age when Christians, Muslims, and Jews of various denominations engaged with each other in both conflict and collaboration. The supplementary reader mirrors the main text's fifteen-chapter structure, providing six sources per chapter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The two texts pair together to provide a framework and materials that guide students through this complex but essential history--one that will appeal to the diverse student bodies of today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas E. Burman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at University of Notre Dame. He is a scholar of Christian-Muslim-Jewish intellectual and cultural history in the medieval Mediterranean. His book \u003ci\u003eReading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian A. Catlos\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Religious Studies at University of Colorado Boulder. He works on Christian-Muslim-Jewish relations in the premodern Mediterranean. His most recent book, \u003ci\u003eKingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain, \u003c\/i\u003eis available in eight languages and as an audiobook. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark D. Meyerson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of History and Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. He works on Christian-Muslim-Jewish relations in the premodern Mediterranean and on the history of violence. His book \u003ci\u003eA Jewish Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Spain\u003c\/i\u003e was runner-up for the National Jewish Book Award, USA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50496543359250,"sku":"9780520296534","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1b2b028d-7396-4d80-93e2-bdbf08b81184.jpg?v=1730696441","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/texts-from-the-middle-documents-from-the-mediterranean-world-650-1650-9780520296534","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}