Defenders of the Faith · Christianity and Islam Battle for the Soul of Europe, 1520-1536 by Reston-Jr., James -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Epigraph Foreword ACT ONE - THE DIE IS CAST

1. - AN EMPEROR ARRIVES IN EUROPE 2. - THE SWORD OF OSMAN 3. - SON OF SATAN 4. - A FIELD OF FOOL’S GOLD 5. - LET IT BE DONE! 6. - THE SULTAN OF LOVE AND WAR

ACT TWO - HORSETAILS AND WORMS

7. - A DIET OF WORMS 8. - THE SHADOW OF GOD SPREADS NORTHWARD 9. - HENRY’S HARANGUE 10. - THE BLOOD SPORT OF KINGS AND POPES

ACT THREE - ANCESTRAL ASPIRATIONS

11. - HOLY SMOKE 12. - THE NEST OF CHRISTIAN VIPERS 13. - IN THE TRUEST SENSE 14. - IN THE EXTREMITY OF HIS AFFLICTION

ACT FOUR - THE CAPTURE OF A KING

15. - THE GREAT PLAN 16. - THE LAST BATTLE IN THE AGE OF CHIVALRY 17. - MY HONOR AND MY LIFE 18. - I AM KING ONCE AGAIN!

ACT FIVE - MORE WAS LOST AT MOHÁCS

19. - THE GOLDEN- GRILLED WINDOW 20. - THE HIGHWAY OF HOLY STRUGGLE 21. - SQUABBLING AT SPIRES 22. - THE GAME PACK OF JIHAD 23. - THE SOW AND HER PIGLET

ACT SIX - THE SACK OF ROME

24. - ALAS, POOR ITALY 25. - SETTING THE STAGE 26. - PAY! PAY! 27. - RABBLE AT PORTA SAN SPIRITO

ACT SEVEN - THE END OF THE RENAISSANCE

28. - SINGLE COMBAT 29. - SHOWDOWN AT BLACKFRIARS 30. - MORE THAN TABLE TALK 31. - HIS MOUTH RAINS PEARLS

ACT EIGHT - THE GATES OF VIENNA

32. - THE BANKS OF THE RHINE RIVER 33. - CORONATION IN FAT CITY 34. - THE CREED OF PROTEST 35. - CEREMONY OF AMNESIA

ACT NINE - LAST GASP IN EUROPE

36. - TWO WIVES 37. - FUTILE DIPLOMACY 38. - STUCK AT GÜNS 39. - THE POMPOSITY OF IBRAHIM PASHA

ACT TEN - THE NATURAL ENEMY

40. - TWO IRAQS 41. - CHARLES AND THE BARBARY SEA DOGS 42. - TUNIS: THE LAST CRUSADE 43. - BAGHDAD, ABODE OF PEACE 44. - THE ABRUPT END OF A GREAT FRIENDSHIP

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