The Dream of Conversion: Baptizing Pagan Kings in the Crusade Epics 66 6. Peter the Venerable on the “Diabolical Heresy of the Saracens” 46 5. Rhetoric, Polemics, and the Art of Hostile Biography: Portraying Muhammad in Thirteenth-Century Christian Spain 35 4. A Mangled Corpse: The Polemical Dismemberment of Muhammad 19 3. Antihagiography: Embrico of Mainz’s Vita Mahumeti 1 2. University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611-2079 BP172.T63 2008 261.2'709409029–dc22 2007042547 The University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing agency for the State University System of Florida, comprising Florida A&M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, Florida State University, New College of Florida, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida. Includes bibliographical references and index. Myers SarasotaĬopyright 2008 by John Tolan Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, recycled paper All rights reserved 13 12 11 10 09 08 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tolan, John Victor, 1959– Sons of Ishmael: Muslims through European eyes in the Middle Ages/John Tolan. University Press of Florida Gainesville Tallahassee Tampa Boca Raton Pensacola Orlando Miami Jacksonville Ft.
Sons of Ishmael Muslims through European Eyes in the Middle Ages Myers Florida International University, Miami Florida State University, Tallahassee New College of Florida, Sarasota University of Central Florida, Orlando University of Florida, Gainesville University of North Florida, Jacksonville University of South Florida, Tampa University of West Florida, Pensacola University Press of Florida Florida A&M University, Tallahassee Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft.