Hardcover, 384 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2008 by W. W. Norton, W.W. Norton.
God's Crucible
Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215
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In this panoramic history of Islamic culture in early Europe, a Pulitzer Prizewinning historian re-examines what we thought we knew. Lewis reveals how cosmopolitan, Muslim al-Andalus flourished--a beacon of cooperation and tolerance between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity--while proto-Europe made virtues out of hereditary aristocracy, religious intolerance, perpetual war, and slavery.--From publisher description
Subjects
- European history: c 500 to c 1500
- Islam
- History
- History - General History
- History: World
- Europe - General
- Islamic Studies
- Medieval
- History / Middle East
- Middle East - General
- 476-1492
- Civilization
- Civilization, Medieval
- Europe
- Islamic influences