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'As the writers in this volume show, the course of the Renaissance wasmoulded in a very fundamental way by the close linkages, connections andmutual commericial, intellectual and cultural influences that had developedin the mediaeval period between Islam and Christendom, and the degree oftraffic between the two .... At all levels, the Ottoman world impingeddirectly on Renaissance life, and the intellectual awakening that theRenaissance represented owed almost as much from the interplay of East andWest as it did to any process of self-regeneration drawing from Greek andRoman roots.' - from the Foreword by William DalrympleThis book brings together a range of essays from leading scholars and writers,providing a fascinating and original approach to the Renaissance whichchallenges settled certainties, such as the difference between East andWest, the invariable conflict between Islam and Christianity, the 'rebirth'of European civilization from roots in classical Greece and Imperial Rome,and points the way for a comprehensive re-orientation of our thinking aboutthe Renaissance.