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A Brief History of Islam in Europe: Thirteen Centuries of Creed, Conflict and Coexistence
Leiden University Press, 2014 Paper: 978-90-8728-195-3 | eISBN: 978-94-006-0150-5 Library of Congress Classification BP65.A1B47 2014 Dewey Decimal Classification 297.094
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
The relationship between Europe and Islam has been complicated, if not troubled, throughout the thirteen centuries since Muslims first began playing a part in European history. This volume offers a compact, yet comprehensive look at the entire history of the interaction of Islam and Eureopean culture, religion, and politics. Maurits S. Berger focuses in particular on the transformations that the figure of the Muslim and the image of Islam have undergone in the European mind. Conqueror, Antichrist, scholar, benign ruler, corsair, tradesman, fellow citizen—the Muslim has been all of those and more, and even today, as Muslims make up a substantial portion of Europe’s citizenry, they remain all too often a source of undeserved anxiety for ordinary people and politicians alike. Through Berger’s clear prose and incisive analysis, the story of Islam and Europe is seen as one of interaction and mutual influence rather than perpetual antagonism. See other books on: Brief History | Coexistence | Conflict | Europe | Islam See other titles from Leiden University Press |
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A Brief History of Islam in Europe: Thirteen Centuries of Creed, Conflict and Coexistence
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
Leiden University Press, 2014
Paper: 978-90-8728-195-3
eISBN: 978-94-006-0150-5
Paper: 978-90-8728-195-3
eISBN: 978-94-006-0150-5
The relationship between Europe and Islam has been complicated, if not troubled, throughout the thirteen centuries since Muslims first began playing a part in European history. This volume offers a compact, yet comprehensive look at the entire history of the interaction of Islam and Eureopean culture, religion, and politics.
Maurits S. Berger focuses in particular on the transformations that the figure of the Muslim and the image of Islam have undergone in the European mind. Conqueror, Antichrist, scholar, benign ruler, corsair, tradesman, fellow citizen—the Muslim has been all of those and more, and even today, as Muslims make up a substantial portion of Europe’s citizenry, they remain all too often a source of undeserved anxiety for ordinary people and politicians alike. Through Berger’s clear prose and incisive analysis, the story of Islam and Europe is seen as one of interaction and mutual influence rather than perpetual antagonism.
Maurits S. Berger focuses in particular on the transformations that the figure of the Muslim and the image of Islam have undergone in the European mind. Conqueror, Antichrist, scholar, benign ruler, corsair, tradesman, fellow citizen—the Muslim has been all of those and more, and even today, as Muslims make up a substantial portion of Europe’s citizenry, they remain all too often a source of undeserved anxiety for ordinary people and politicians alike. Through Berger’s clear prose and incisive analysis, the story of Islam and Europe is seen as one of interaction and mutual influence rather than perpetual antagonism.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
