Anglo-Saxon Perceptions of the Islamic World (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 20, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780521829403
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 500 to c 1000; Islam; Relations; History: World; Great Britain; History - General History; Middle East - Egypt; British Isles; Egypt; Medieval; World - General; History / General; History / World; History-Medieval; Christianity and other religions; Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066; Christianity; History; Islamic countries
First sentence: In AD 786, Bishop Georgius of Ostia, papal legate to England, wrote a letter to Pope Hadrian recording the decrees of two synods he had just attended in Mercia and Northumbria.