Fletcher, R. A.

The cross and the crescent : the dramatic story of the earliest encounters between Christians and Muslims / Subtitle prev. ed.: Christianity and Islam from Muhammad to the reformation Richard Fletcher. - London. [England] : Penguin, 2004. - (xvi, 182 pages) : maps.

Original subtitle, "Christianity and Islam from Muhammad to the reformation." Originally published in 2003 by Allen Lane with a different subtitle.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-169) and index.

Ishmael's children -- An elephant for Charlemagne -- Crossing frontiers -- Commerce, coexistence and scholarship -- Sieving the Koran -- Epilogue.

978-0670032716

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Christianity and other religions--Islam.
Islam--Relations--Christianity.
Christianity.
Interfaith relations.
Islam.
Religion.


Europe--Church history--600-1500.
Europe--Religion--History.

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