This wide-ranging collection provides important insights into the
relationships among diverse groups of peoples in the period from
the eleventh to the seventeenth centuries.
This book covers diverse topics such as the treatment of
prisoners, the ransom of captives, and the problems faced by many
groups during the period of the Crusades. One of the central issues
revolves around the attitudes of the participants.
There were significant differences among Latin and Eastern
Christians between Christians and Muslims and Christians, Muslims,
and Jews. But, too, great overemphasis on the religious roots of
intolerance has oversimplified the ways in which ideas of tolerance
developed. What is important in these essays is an effort to
explore these relationships in their complexity in order to
penetrate those generalizations that have often distorted more than
enlightened. Tolerance and intolerance therefore are terms that can
obscure as much as enlighten.
What the reader discovers in these works -- all written
specifically for this volume -- is that these attitudes play an
important role in the shaping of international relations.
Cross-cultural cooperation was not rare -- not entirely surprising
given the diversity of groups involved. This collection brings
together an international group of scholars who have made
significant contributions to the field. There is no competing
collection that deals with such a range of topics.
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