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O’Shea tells a broad story of Christian and Islamic conflict during the medieval period, organizing it around a handful of battles: Yarmuk (636), Poitiers (732), Manzikert (1071), Hattin (1187), Las Navas de Tolosa (1212), Constantinople (1453) and Malta (1565). More important, he makes a great effort to explain and describe periods of ...
The two verses most commonly referred to in this context are John 14: 6 (Jesus said: ‘I am the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the father, but by me’), and Acts 4: 12 (Peter said: ‘There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven . . . by which we must be saved’).
medieval primary sources and excerpts that illustrate diverse forms of interaction between Western Christians and Muslims and demonstrate conceptions of the other held by members of each group. Although a few entries date from the earlier centuries of Islam, the period from circa 1000-1500 forms "the chronological core" of the book (xiii).
Dec 3, 2020 · At times, there is a mismatch between the title and content of chapters; the one on convivencia details how Iberian Christians interpreted Islam in apocalyptic terms and the movement of the Cordoban martyrs. The author outlines some of the debates about the authenticity of certain sources, such as the traditional biography of the Prophet, but largely endeavours to show that despite such ...
Muslim and Christian Contact in the Middle Ages: A Reader is an anthology of medieval primary sources and excerpts that illustrate diverse forms of interaction between Western Christians and Muslims and demonstrate conceptions of the other held by members of each group. Although a few entries date from the earlier centuries of Islam, the period from circa 1000–1500 forms “the chronological ...
STS (1ST–3RD CENTURIES AH; 7TH–9TH CENTURIES AD)John TolanMichael Lecker has described varying Jewish reactions to the Muslim conquests; I will make a brief survey of how Christians reacted to the co. quests and to finding themselves thrust into the role of dhimmi. This is a brief summary of a subject I have treated in greater length ...
Covering a period from the earliest Christian responses to the Arab conquests in the seventh century through the more specific Christian-Muslim interactions in late fifteenth-century Iberia, it underscores the diversity of Christendom’s approaches to Islam and Muslims, showing how the idea of Christian war against Islam developed during the early crusades, giving medieval Europe a much more ...
