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In the first century of Islam, most of the former Christian Roman Empire, from Syria to Spain, was brought under Muslim control in a conquest of unprecedented proportions. Confronted by the world of Islam, countless medieval Christians experienced a profound ambivalence, awed by its opulence, they were also troubled by its rival claims to the spiritual inheritance of Abraham and Jesus and humiliated by its social subjugation of nonMuslim minorities. Some converted. Others took up arms. Still others, the subjects of John Tolan's study of antiMuslim polemics in medieval Europe, undertook to attack Islam and its most vivid avatar, the saracen, with words.In an effort to make sense of God's apparent abandonment of Christendom in favor of a dynamic and expanding Muslim civilization, European writers distorted the teachings of Islam and caricatured its believers in a variety of ways. What ideological purposes did these portrayals serve? And how, in turn, did Muslims view Christianity? Feelings of rivalry, contempt, and superiority existed on both sides, tinged or tempered at times with feelings of doubt, inferiority, curiosity, or admiration. Tolan shows how Christian responses to Islam changed from the seventh to thirteenth centuries, through fastcharging crusades and spiritcrushing defeats, crystallizing into polemical images later drawn upon by Western authors in the fourteenth to twentieth centuries. Saracens explores the social and ideological uses of contempt, explaining how the denigration of the other can be used to defend one's own intellectual construction of the world.
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- Q: What is the main topic of the book 'Saracens'? A: The book 'Saracens' by John Tolan examines the interactions between medieval Christians and the Islamic world, focusing on the ideological and social responses to Islam from the seventh to thirteenth centuries.
- Q: Who is the author of 'Saracens'? A: The author of 'Saracens' is John Tolan.
- Q: How many pages does 'Saracens' have? A: 'Saracens' has a total of 400 pages.
- Q: What is the publication date of 'Saracens'? A: 'Saracens' was published on June 15, 2002.
- Q: What is the format of the book? A: 'Saracens' is available in hardcover format.
- Q: Is 'Saracens' a new book? A: 'Saracens' is classified as a new book.
- Q: What edition of 'Saracens' is available? A: 'Saracens' is available in its first edition.
- Q: What category does 'Saracens' belong to? A: 'Saracens' is categorized under Europe.
- Q: Does 'Saracens' have any featured illustrations or images? A: The product details do not mention any illustrations or images included in 'Saracens'.
- Q: What themes are explored in 'Saracens'? A: 'Saracens' explores themes of religious rivalry, cultural perceptions, and the historical relationship between Christianity and Islam.