The Emperor and the Elephant: Christians and Muslims in the Age of Charlemagne by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby

The Emperor and the Elephant: Christians and Muslims in the Age of Charlemagne

Sam Ottewill-Soulsby

392 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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In the year 802, an elephant arrived at the court of the Emperor Charlemagne in Aachen, sent as a gift by the ʿAbbasid Caliph, Harun al-Rashid. This extraordinary moment was part of a much wider set of diplomatic relations between the Carolingian ...

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