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 (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2015
Edition:First edition
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198737193.001.0001
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Online Access:Resolving-System; OUP, Oxford scholarship online, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198737193.001.0001
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Author Notes:Daniel G. König
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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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:Online Resource
ISBN:9780191800689
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198737193.001.0001