Saracens. Islam in the Medieval European Imagination.  -  TOLAN, JOHN VICTOR

KORTE INHOUD

Medieval Christian writers distorted the teachings of Islam and caricatured its believers in a variety of ways. This book provides a comprehensive study of Christian polemical responses to Islam in the Middle Ages.

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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2002 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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2002 Uitgever: Columbia University Press 372 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0231123337 ISBN-13: 9780231123334