Religions of the Book: Co-Existence and Conflict, 1400-1660 »

MATTHEW DIMMOCK is Lecturer in English at the University of Sussex, UK

ANDREW HADFIELD is Professor of English at the University of Sussex, UK

This book is the first study to explore the relationship between Christianity, Judaism and Islam in the Early Modern period.

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Chronology

Introduction The Devil Citing Scripture: Christian Perceptions of the Religions of the Book Matthew Dimmock Dimmock, Matthew Andrew Hadfield Hadfield, Andrew 1

1 Christian Anti-Semitism and Intermedial Experience in Late Medieval England Anthony Bale Bale, Anthony 23

2 The Crusade of Varna, 1443-1445: What Motivated the Crusaders? Colin Imber Imber, Colin 45

3 'A Human Head to the Neck of a Horse': Hybridity, Monstrosity and Early Christian Conceptions of Muhammad and Islam Matthew Dimmock Dimmock, Matthew 66

4 'Vile Interpretations' and 'Devilish Supplements': Jewish Exegesis and Linguistic Siege in Martin Luther's 'On the Jews and Their Lies' (1543) Raphael Hallett Hallett, Raphael 89

5 "Turks" and "Christians": The Iconography of Possession in the Depiction of the Ottoman-Venetian-Hapsburg Frontiers, 1550-1689 Palmira Brummett Brummett, Palmira 110

6 Confounding Babel: The Language of Religion in the English Revolution Matthew Birchwood Birchwood, Matthew 140

7 'A Parallel Made with the Jewish Sanhedrin': Tolerating Jews and Jewish Precedents in the Early Modern Church and State Eliane Glaser Glaser, Eliane 159

8 Milton among the Muslims Gerald MacLean MacLean, Gerald 180

Afterword Jerry Brotton Brotton, Jerry 195

Select Bibliography 203

Index 207