TY - BOOK AU - Fletcher,R.A. TI - The cross and the crescent: the dramatic story of the earliest encounters between Christians and Muslims SN - 978-0670032716 AV - BP172 .F59 2004eb U1 - 261.2/7 22 PY - 2004/// CY - London. [England] PB - Penguin KW - Christianity and other religions KW - Islam KW - Relations KW - Christianity KW - Interfaith relations KW - Religion KW - Europe KW - Church history KW - 600-1500 KW - History N1 - 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 ER -