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The relationship between Europe and Islam has been complicated, if
not troubled, throughout the thirteen centuries since Muslims first
began playing a part in European history. This volume offers a
compact, yet comprehensive look at the entire history of the
interaction of Islam and Eureopean culture, religion, and politics.
Maurits S. Berger focuses in particular on the transformations
that the figure of the Muslim and the image of Islam have undergone
in the European mind. Conqueror, Antichrist, scholar, benign ruler,
corsair, tradesman, fellow citizen--the Muslim has been all of
those and more, and even today, as Muslims make up a substantial
portion of Europe's citizenry, they remain all too often a source
of undeserved anxiety for ordinary people and politicians alike.
Through Berger's clear prose and incisive analysis, the story of
Islam and Europe is seen as one of interaction and mutual influence
rather than perpetual antagonism.
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