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Author Bruce, Scott G. (Scott Gordon), 1967- author.

Title Cluny and the Muslims of La Garde-Freinet : hagiography and the problem of Islam in Medieval Europe / Scott G. Bruce
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource
Contents News of a kidnapping -- Monks tell tales -- Peter the Venerable, butcher of God -- Hagiography and the Muslim policy of Peter the Venerable
Summary In the summer of 972 a group of Muslim brigands based in the south of France abducted the abbot of Cluny as he and his entourage crossed the Alps. Ultimately, the abbot was set free and returned home safely, but the abduction outraged Christian leaders and galvanized the will of local lords. Shortly thereafter, Count William of Arles marshaled an army and succeeded in wiping out the Muslim stronghold. This book uses this incident to examine Christian perceptions of Islam in the Middle Ages
Analysis Monks, Cluny, Islam, Religious Conversion, Hagiography
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Subject Peter, the Venerable, approximately 1092-1156.
Majolus, Saint, Abbot of Cluny, approximately 906-994.
SUBJECT Majolus, Saint, Abbot of Cluny, approximately 906-994
Peter, the Venerable, approximately 1092-1156
Majolus, Saint, Abbot of Cluny, approximately 906-994 fast
Peter, the Venerable, approximately 1092-1156 fast
Subject Cluny (Benedictine abbey) -- History
SUBJECT Cluny (Benedictine abbey) fast
Subject Christianity and other religions -- Islam -- Early works to 1800
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800
Islam -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800
Muslims -- France -- La Garde-Freinet -- History -- To 1500
Christian hagiography -- History -- To 1500
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
RELIGION -- Islam -- History.
Christian hagiography
Christianity
Interfaith relations
Islam
Islam -- Controversial literature
Muslims
France -- La Garde-Freinet
Genre/Form Early works
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2015014595
ISBN 9780801452994
0801452996
9781501700927
1501700928