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Frontmatter
Notes on the illustrations
Editor's Preface
Acknowledgments
Author's preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
1. The Middle Ages
2. The Mediterranean
3. Islam and Christendom in the eighth century
4. Arabic and Latin (eighth and ninth centuries)
Chapter 2. The Martyrs of Cordova
1. The story
2. The background
3. The polemic
4. Interpretation
Chapter 3. The Central and Western Mediterranean to the end of the tenth century
1. Charlemagne and his successors
2. Impact of war
3. Two personal encounters
4. Fragmentary interchange
5. Papal policy
Chapter 4. Spain in the eleventh and twelfth centuries
1. Principles and practice of reconquest
2. Spanish interest in Arab history
3. Unacknowledged literary interchange
4. Direct literary connections
Chapter 5. European solidarity and the inception of the crusading idea
1. General considerations
2. Latin aggression and cultural intolerance
3. European reaction to the crusading idea
4. The morale of the First Crusade
5. Aggression in its actual impact
Chapter 6. The Central Mediterranean: eleventh-thirteenth centuries
1. Introductory
2. The Normans in Sicily
3. Frederick II and the Arabs in Europe
4. Frederick II and the Arab World
5. Conclusion
Chapter 7. Courtly ideals in the East
1. Some shared notions
2. The kings of Jerusalem
3. East and West
4. Arab rulers through European eyes
Chapter 8. Adaptation and development in the Latin East
1. The link with the Arab World
2. Self-criticism and self-analysis
3. The Arab World through Latin eyes
4. Merchants, mercenaries and others
Chapter 9. The Arabs, Islam and European theology
1. The conflict
2. Legendary treatment of Islam
3. Serious polemic
4. The holy war
5. Toleration of Muslim communities
Chapter 10. Arabic scientific literature in Europe
1. The rediscovery of the ancient world
2. The thirteenth-century use of Arab sources
3. Common ground: astrology and medicine
Chapter 11. The end of the Middle Ages
1. Themes and topics
2. Geographical areas
3. An attempt at a final perspective
Notes
Bibliographical note
Bibliographical References
Index
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