false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172250765m/153499.jpg 153499 3 <div><div><div><b>An engrossing study of Leo Africanus and his famous book, which introduced Africa to European readers</b></div><div> </div></div><div>Al-Hasan al-Wazzan--born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco, where he traveled extensively on behalf of the sultan of Fez--is known to historians as Leo Africanus, author of the first geography of Africa to be published in Europe (in 1550). He had been captured by Christian pirates in the Mediterranean and imprisoned by the pope, then released, baptized, and allowed a European life of scholarship as the Christian writer Giovanni Leone. In this fascinating new book, the distinguished historian Natalie Zemon Davis offers a virtuoso study of the fragmentary, partial, and often contradictory traces that al-Hasan al-Wazzan left behind him, and a superb interpretation of his extraordinary life and work. </div><div> </div><div></div><div>Davis describes all the sectors of her hero's life in rich detail, scrutinizing the evidence of al-Hasan's movement between cultural worlds; the Islamic and Arab traditions, genres, and ideas available to him; and his adventures with Christians and Jews in a European community of learned men and powerful church leaders. In depicting the life of this adventurous border-crosser, Davis suggests the many ways cultural barriers are negotiated and diverging traditions are fused.</div></div> 470826 2006 Trickster Travels: A Sixteenth-Century Muslim Between Worlds total:23|5:4|4:9|3:9|2:1| 23 85 49 5 3 1 false false Mon Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 16:26:04 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 25 13:06:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 09:10:19 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 08:36:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Sep 16 09:09:08 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 09:07:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 09 23:20:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 23:21:47 -0700 2009 http://www.musafira.de/2008/07/02/tricks...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 06:36:20 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 09:53:50 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 07:07:17 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 08:03:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 19:31:36 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 10:54:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 02 05:27:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 05:27:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 21 06:27:18 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 06:27:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 16 00:08:58 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 00:08:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 11 09:54:49 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 09:54:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 24 07:09:02 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 07:09:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 25 10:24:12 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 10:24:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 28 08:59:42 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 08:59:42 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Feb 23 09:30:38 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 13:29:08 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 09:30:38 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 10 18:45:07 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 26 07:55:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 23 05:25:50 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 05:25:50 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 20:20:38 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 18:19:50 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 02 16:32:36 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 06:54:38 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Oct 20 17:49:17 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 17:49:22 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=153499