Western Views of Islam in the Pre-Modern Period: A Brief History of Past Approaches

Author

David R. Blanks, Arkansas Tech UniversityFollow

Files

Department

History & Political Science

Document Type

Book Chapter

Abstract

BOOK ABSTRACT:

This book considers the various attitudes of European religious and secular writers towards Islam during the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. Examining works from England, France, Italy, the Holy Lands, and Spain, the essays explore the reactions of Westerners to the culture and religion of Islam. Many of the works studied reveal the hostility toward Islam of Europeans and the creation of negative stereotypes of Muslims by Western writers.

First Page

11

Last Page

53

Publication Date

1999

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

City

New York

ISBN

9780312218911; 9781349416745

Comments

Reprinted in 2016 by Palgrave Macmillan (New York and London)

Recommended Citation

Blanks, David R. "Western Views of Islam in the Pre-Modern Period: A Brief History of Past Approaches" in Western Views of Islam in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, eds. David R. Blanks and Michael Frassetto, 11-53. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.