| Europe and the Islamic World: A History John Tolan is professor of history at the Université de Nantes. His books include Saracens and Saint Francis and the Sultan . Gilles Veinstein (1945-2013) was professor of history at the Collège de France. His books include Merchants in the Ottoman Empire . Henry Laurens is professor of history at the Collège de France. He is the author of L'empire et ses ennemis: La question impériale dans l'histoire . |