Western Views of Islam in the Middle Ages

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Western Views of Islam in the Middle Ages

Name: Western Views of Islam in the Middle Ages
ISBN: 9780674435667

Richard William Southern, R. W. Southern

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A distinguished scholar surveys centuries of conflict between Christianity and Islam. Vivid, concrete examples epitomize the characteristics of successive eras. Crusades, conversion, coexistence were the choices; the need for knowledge of Moslem beliefs, R. W. Southern says, competed with “fear of contamination.” Medieval Christians faced “all the problems with which, in a different context, we are familiar.” His book distinguishes three phases: first, four centuries of indifference or distortion; second, a 13th-century attempt to evaluate Islam; finally, the 1450s—when various thinkers achieved unique insight into central issues.

Catégories:

History - Ancient History

Année:

1962

Editeur::

Cambridge : Harvard University Press

Langue:

english

Pages:

134

ISBN 10:

0674435664