Dimensions
143 x 225 x 22mm
'The Cross And The Crescent' is a brilliant account of the relations between Islam and Christianity from the time of Muhammad to the Reformation, by England's leading mediaeval historian.
Richard Fletcher shows how, despite long periods of co-existence and overlap, religious misunderstanding between 'the peoples of the book' has been present since their earliest encounters. He argues that though there were fruitful trading and cultural interactions between Islam and Christianity during the period when Arabs controlled most of the Mediterranean world, each viewed the other's religion as fundamentally different.
Fletcher's lucidity, scholarship and gift for compression make this one of the most readable as well as one of the most clear-sighted contributions to its subject for many years. He makes no moral judgements or easy generalisations, leaving the reader to draw their own conclusions and explore the implications for our own time.
