{"product_id":"holy-war-and-human-bondage-tales-of-christian-muslim-slavery-in-the-early-modern-mediterranean-hardcover","title":"Holy War and Human Bondage: Tales of Christian-Muslim Slavery in the Early-Modern Mediterranean - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert C. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoly War and Human Bondage: Tales of Christian-Muslim Slavery in the Early-Modern Mediterranean\u003c\/i\u003e tells a story unfamiliar to most modern readers--how this pervasive servitude involved, connected, and divided those on both sides of the Mediterranean. The work explores how men and women, Christians and Muslims, Jews and sub-Saharan Africans experienced their capture and bondage, while comparing what they went through with what black Africans endured in the Americas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing heavily on archival sources not previously available in English, \u003ci\u003eHoly War and Human Bondage\u003c\/i\u003e teems with personal and highly felt stories of Muslims and Christians who personally fell into captivity and slavery, or who struggled to free relatives and co-religionists in bondage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these pages, readers will discover how much race slavery and faith slavery once resembled one other and how much they overlapped in the Early-Modern mind. Each produced its share of personal suffering and social devastation--yet the whims of history have made the one virtually synonymous with human bondage while confining the other to almost complete oblivion.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert C. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Italian Renaissance and Early-Modern Mediterranean history at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 332\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42154064019591,"sku":"9780275989507","price":122.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/154ede54266d9c7f5808ed20572bb973.webp?v=1733226464","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/holy-war-and-human-bondage-tales-of-christian-muslim-slavery-in-the-early-modern-mediterranean-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}