Christians and Muslims in early medieval Italy : a sourcebook
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Christians and Muslims in early medieval Italy : a sourcebook
Routledge, 2024
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
* Muslim expansion into the western Mediterranean in the Early Middle Ages had a great influence on Italy. Without minimizing the extent of the destruction that occurred in those centuries, this book presents the annotated sources translated into English for postgraduate and upper level undergraduate students about the way Muslims and Christians perceived each other.
* Providing students with primary sources about the circulation of news about them, and their knowledge of their opponents, this book clarifies the relationship between Muslims and Christians in early medieval Italy.
* This book allows students provides students with a fuller picture, not currently offered on the market. It enables them to see the dynamic between Muslims and Christians in early medieval Italy in a time of invasion and peace to better understand the relationship between the two religions.
Table of Contents
1. Definitions and information about the other 2. Religious Otherness 3. Perceptions 4. Some 'Light' in the 'Darkness' 5. Supernatural Events 6. The Enemy is Coming 7. Prisoners 8. Going to the 'Other' 9. Encounters
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