Free Download Juan de Segovia and the Fight for Peace: Christians and Muslims in the Fifteenth Century (History, Languages, and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds) by Anne Marie Wolf
English | March 24, 2014 | ISBN: 0268044252 | True EPUB/PDF | 390 pages | 3/3.2 MB
Juan de Segovia (d. 1458), theologian, translator of the Qur’ān, and lifelong advocate for the forging of peaceful relations between Christians and Muslims, was one of Europe’s leading intellectuals. Today, however, few scholars are familiar with this important fifteenth-century figure. In this well-documented study, Anne Marie Wolf presents a clear, chronological narrative that follows the thought and career of Segovia, who taught at the University of Salamanca, represented the university at the Council of Basel (1431-1449), and spent his final years arguing vigorously that Europe should eschew war with the ascendant Ottoman Turks and instead strive to convert them peacefully to Christianity.