The Cross and the Crescent: The Dramatic Story of the Earliest Encounters Between Christians and Muslims Paperback - 2005
by Richard Fletcher
In this immensely readable history that couldn't be more timely, award-winning historian Richard Fletcher chronicles the relationship between Islam and Christianity from the time of Muhammad to the Reformation. With lucidity and sound scholarship, Fletcher demonstrates that though there were fruitful trading and cultural interactions between Muslims and Christians during the period when the Arabs controlled most of the Mediterranean world, each group viewed the other's religion from the beginning as fundamentally different and suspect. Eschewing moral judgments and easy generalizations, The Cross and the Crescent allows readers to draw their own conclusions and explore the implications for the present day.
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In this immensely readable history that couldn’t be more timely, award-winning historian Richard Fletcher chronicles the relationship between Islam and Christianity from the time of Muhammad to the Reformation. With lucidity and sound scholarship, Fletcher demonstrates that though there were fruitful trading and cultural interactions between Muslims and Christians during the period when the Arabs controlled most of the Mediterranean world, each group viewed the other’s religion from the beginning as fundamentally different and suspect. Eschewing moral judgments and easy generalizations, The Cross and the Crescent allows readers to draw their own conclusions and explore the implications for the present day.
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- Title The Cross and the Crescent: The Dramatic Story of the Earliest Encounters Between Christians and Muslims
- Author Richard Fletcher
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 182
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Date February 1, 2005
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143034810 / 0143034812
- Weight 0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
- Dimensions 7.76 x 5.13 x 0.56 in (19.71 x 13.03 x 1.42 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Religious Orientation: Islamic
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003060975
- Dewey Decimal Code 261
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Citations
- New York Review of Books, 11/04/2004, Page 31
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