Arabic-Islamic views of the Latin West: tracing the emergence of medieval Europe

The author offers an insight into how the Arabic-Islamic world perceived medieval Western Europe, refuting previous claims that the Muslim world regarded Western Europe as a cultural backwater, instead arguing for the presence of cultural and information flows between the two very different societie...

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Main Author: König, Daniel 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY Oxford University Press 2015
Edition:First edition
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:The author offers an insight into how the Arabic-Islamic world perceived medieval Western Europe, refuting previous claims that the Muslim world regarded Western Europe as a cultural backwater, instead arguing for the presence of cultural and information flows between the two very different societies.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780191800689
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198737193.001.0001

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