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The Resource Arabic-Islamic views of the Latin West : tracing the emergence of medieval Europe, Daniel G. König

Arabic-Islamic views of the Latin West : tracing the emergence of medieval Europe, Daniel G. König

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Arabic-Islamic views of the Latin West : tracing the emergence of medieval Europe
Title
Arabic-Islamic views of the Latin West
Title remainder
tracing the emergence of medieval Europe
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Daniel G. König
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eng
Summary
The Emergence of Latin-Christian Europe provides an insight into how the Arabic-Islamic world perceived medieval Western Europe in an age that is usually associated with the rise and expansion of Islam, the Spanish Reconquista, and the Crusades. Previous scholarship has maintained that the Arabic-Islamic world regarded Western Europe as a cultural backwater at the periphery of civilization that clung to a superseded religion. It holds mental barriers imposed by Islam responsible for the Muslim world's arrogant and ignorant attitude towards its northern neighbours. This study refutes this view by focussing on the mechanisms of transmission and reception that characterized the flow of information between both cultural spheres. By explaining how Arabic-Islamic scholars acquired and processed data on medieval Western Europe, it traces the two-fold 'emergence' of Latin-Christian Europe - a sphere that increasingly encroached upon the Mediterranean and therefore became more and more important in Arabic-Islamic scholarly literature
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ERASA
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König, Daniel
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Civilization, Medieval
  • Civilization, Arab
  • Islamic civilization
  • Islam
  • Christianity
  • Civilization, Arab
  • Civilization, Medieval
  • Interfaith relations
  • Islam
  • Islamic civilization
  • Arab countries
  • Europe
  • Arab countries
  • Europe
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Arabic-Islamic views of the Latin West : tracing the emergence of medieval Europe, Daniel G. König
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
913853067
Edition
First edition
Extent
xiv, 436 pages
Isbn
9780198737193
Lccn
2015936183
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
24 cm
System control number
(OCoLC)913853067
Label
Arabic-Islamic views of the Latin West : tracing the emergence of medieval Europe, Daniel G. König
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
913853067
Edition
First edition
Extent
xiv, 436 pages
Isbn
9780198737193
Lccn
2015936183
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
24 cm
System control number
(OCoLC)913853067

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