Medieval Christian Perceptions of Islam 
Subtitle: A Book of Essays (Garland Medieval Casebooks)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: December 1995
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780815314264
Subjects: Islam; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; World history: c 500 to C 1500; Religion; Medieval Church (476-1517); Religious thought; Christianity and other religions; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Christianity; Middle Ages, 600-1500; Relations
First sentence: In the seventh century the Muslims swept into the lands of Eastern Christianity; overnight a good portion of Orthodox believers lost their Christian empire.