The Cross and the Crescent: The Dramatic Story of the Earliest Encounters Between Christians and Muslims - Softcover

Fletcher, Professor Of History Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143034812 ISBN 13: 9780143034810

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2005

Synopsis

In this immensely readable history that couldn't be more timely, award-winning historian Richard Fletcher chronicles the relationship between Islam and Christianity from the time of Muhammad to the Reformation. With lucidity and sound scholarship, Fletcher demonstrates that though there were fruitful trading and cultural interactions between Muslims and Christians during the period when the Arabs controlled most of the Mediterranean world, each group viewed the other's religion from the beginning as fundamentally different and suspect. Eschewing moral judgments and easy generalizations, The Cross and the Crescent allows readers to draw their own conclusions and explore the implications for the present day.

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Review:

"A dazzling sprint past the turf wars of Rome and Constantinople, Sunnis and Shi'ites... Genghis Khan and Prester John." --John Leonard, Harper's

About the Author:

Richard Fletcher is the author of seven books, including The Quest for El Cid, winner of the Wolfson Award and the Los Angeles Times History Prize. Recently retired from the University of York, where he was a professor of history, he lives in England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0143034812
• ISBN 13: 9780143034810
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182