Crusade and Mission

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European Approaches Toward the Muslims

Benjamin Z. Kedar

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Princeton University Press
28 June 2016

Medieval history; Social & cultural history; Crusades; Religious issues & debates

Series: Princeton Legacy Library

This wide-ranging study of medieval Europe's response to the challenge of Islam examines the relationship between ideas of crusade and mission, between European projects for military conquest and those for the conversion of Muslims to Christianity. Covering the years from the emergence of Islam to the fourteenth century, Benjamin Z. Kedar discusses not only the crusades and the Crusading Kingdom of Jerusalem but also the confrontation of Catholics and Muslims in Sicily and Spain. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

By: Benjamin Z. Kedar
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 2783
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 539g
ISBN: 9780691635897
ISBN 10: 0691635897
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 28 June 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Some Introductory Remarks, pg. ix*One. The Early Centuries: The Muslims Beyond the Bounds of European Mission and Polemics, pg. 1*Two. Christian Reconquest and Muslim Conversion, pg. 42*Three. The Espousal of Mission: A Criticism of the Crusade?, pg. 97*Four. The Mendicants: Preaching the Gospel to Saracens, Preaching the Cross to Christians, pg. 136*Five. A Contested Linkage: Crusading for the Advancement of Missions, pg. 159*Appendixes, pg. 205*Main Secondary Literature, pg. 229*Index, pg. 241

Reviews for Crusade and Mission: European Approaches Toward the Muslims

"""[Professor Kedar] is concerned with the essential dilemma the Christians faced, should they attempt to convert the infidels or exterminate them by the sword, or was it possible to combine these two approaches and if so how? Amongst those who wrote on the subject, there was no question that Islam should be attacked or undermined; it was not the overall objective which was under discussion but rather the methods which should be used... Professor Kedar has produced a superbly researched discussion of these attitudes ... there is a degree of sharpness in his discussion of the Mendicants or Ramon Llull ... which is in many ways refreshing, and he challenges the idea that they represented any real attempt to mitigate the aggressive stance of Medieval Christianity.""--Hugh Kennedy, History ""This book is a major addition to the literature on medieval religious ideology... Its subject is important, its arguments compelling, its scholarship impeccable.""--James A. Brundage, Church History"