Anglo-Saxon perceptions of the Islamic world /

Scarfe Beckett is concerned with western representations of the Islamic world in the Anglo-Saxon period. Using a wide variety of literary, historical and archaeological evidence, she argues that the perception of Arabs, Ismaelites and Saracens derived from Christian exegesis preconditioned a hostili...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Scarfe Beckett, Katharine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Series:Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 33.
Subjects:
449-1066
Islam > Relations > Christianity.
Christianity and other religions.
Christianity and other religions > Islam.
Islam > Relations > Christianisme.
Christianisme > Relations > Islam.
Christianisme > Relations.
HISTORY > World.
Christianity.
Interfaith relations.
International relations.
Islam.
Islam
Beeldvorming.
Angelsaksische tijd.
Islamic countries > Relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Relations > Islamic countries.
Great Britain > History > Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
Pays musulmans > Relations > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations > Pays musulmans.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 449-1066 (Période anglo-saxonne)
Great Britain.
Islamic countries.
England
England.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Islam during the Anglo-Saxon period
  • Anglo-Saxon contacts with Islam
  • Arabs and Arabia in Latin
  • Ismaelites and Saracens in Latin
  • Arabs, Ismaelites and Saracens in early Anglo-Latin
  • Pseudo-Methodius and the sons of Ismael
  • Arabs, Ismaelites and Saracens in Old English
  • Persisting theories about Saracens in post-Conquest England.

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