Saracens: islam in the medieval european imagination
Auteur :
Tolan, John V.
Éditeur :
Columbia University Press
ISBN :
9780231123334
Date de publication :
1 mai 2002
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.