Saracens: Islam in the Medieval European Imagination

Saracens: Islam in the Medieval European Imagination

by JVTolan (Author)

Synopsis

Medieval Christian writers distorted the teachings of Islam and caricatured its believers in a variety of ways. What ideological purposes did these offensive portrayals serve? This book provides a comprehensive study of Christian polemical responses to Islam in the Middle Ages.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 24 May 2002

ISBN 10: 0231123337
ISBN 13: 9780231123334