The Cross and the Crescent: The Dramatic Story of the Earliest Encounters Between Christians and Muslims (平装)

基本信息出版社:Penguin (2004年3月4日)平装:208页正文语种:英语ISBN:0141012072条形码:9780141012070产品尺寸及重量:19.6 x 12.6 x 1.4 cm ; 100 gASIN:0141012072

商品描述内容简介This is a short, brilliant account of the relations between Islam and Christianity from Muhammad to the Reformation. Fletcher argues that though there were trading and cultural interactions between Islam and Christianity during the period when Arabs controlled most of the Mediterranean world, neither side was remotely interested in the religion of the other. 'Christian and Moslem lived side by side in a state of mutual religious aversion. Given these circumstances, if religious passions were to be stirred up, confrontation would probably be violent'. He shows how religious misunderstanding and antagonism between 'the people of the book' has been present since their earliest encounters.作者简介Richard Fletcher is one of Britain's most distinguished medieval historians, and for many years taught at the University of York. His previous books include THE QUEST FOR EL CID, which won the Wolfson Award and the Los Angeles Times History Prize; THE CONVERSION OF EUROPE; and BLOODFEUD.