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100			_a"Fletcher, Richard"
245		0	_aCross and the Crescent
260			_aLondon
260			_bPenguin
260			_c2003
300			_a182p.
365			_b 888.09
365			_dRS
520			_aA short, brilliant account of the relations between Islam and Christianity from Muhammad to the Reformation by England's leading mediaeval historian. Fletcher argues that though there were trading and cultural interactions between Islam and Christianity during the period when Arabs controlled most of the Mediterranean world, neither side was remotely interested in the religion of the other. "Christian and Moslem lived side by side in a state of mutual religious aversion. Given these circumstances, if religious passions were to be stirred up, confrontation would probably be violent." He shows how religious misunderstanding and antagonism between "the peoples of the book" has been present since their earliest encounters.
650			_aIslam
942			_cB _2ddc