Peter the venerable and islam
Auteur :
Kritzeck, James Aloysius
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691651422
Date de publication :
19 avr. 2016
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
595 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
For over four centuries the principal source of Christian European knowledge of Islam stemmed from a project sponsored by Peter the Venerable, ninth abbot of Cluny, in 1142. This consisted of Latin translations of five Arabic works, including the first translation of the Koran in a western language. Known as the Toledan Collection, it was eventuall