Crusade and Mission: European Approaches Toward the Muslims

by Benjamin Z. Kedar

Book Overview

This wide-ranging study of medieval Europe's response to the challenge of Islam examines the relationship between ideas of crusade and mission, between European projects for military conquest and those for the conversion of Muslims to Christianity. Covering the years from the emergence of Islam to the fourteenth century, Benjamin Z. Kedar discusses not only the crusades and the Crusading Kingdom of Jerusalem but also the confrontation of Catholics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691607303
• ISBN13: 9780691607306
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"