Western Views of Islam in the Middle AgesLezingen, gehouden voor de Harvard universiteit in 1961 |
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Page 42
... Mongols on the scene of history . The effects of this on the outlook for Western Christendom were many and various . In the first place , and from the moment of their appearance , the Mongols greatly enlarged the geographical horizon ...
... Mongols on the scene of history . The effects of this on the outlook for Western Christendom were many and various . In the first place , and from the moment of their appearance , the Mongols greatly enlarged the geographical horizon ...
Page 44
... Mongols were militarily , intel- lectually they were soon seen to be negligible . Indeed , a very complex situation soon arose . The Mongols were very frightening . But from their geographical position their first enemy was almost bound ...
... Mongols were militarily , intel- lectually they were soon seen to be negligible . Indeed , a very complex situation soon arose . The Mongols were very frightening . But from their geographical position their first enemy was almost bound ...
Page 47
... Mongols were to send shivers down the spines of quiet men in Western monasteries for many years to come . But the main elements in the fantasy were in the end to identify themselves as historical facts with quite astonishing accu- racy ...
... Mongols were to send shivers down the spines of quiet men in Western monasteries for many years to come . But the main elements in the fantasy were in the end to identify themselves as historical facts with quite astonishing accu- racy ...
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Abbot Aeneas Silvius al-Andalus Antichrist apocalyptic Arabic argument Averroes Avicenna Baghdad Bede Bible Biblical bishop Cabanelas Carolingian chapter Chris Christ Christendom Christian contemporaries Cordova Council of Vienne Crusade debate discussion earlier early twelfth century enemies Eulogius existence of Islam faith fantasy Franciscan Gerbert Greek heresy hope Ibid ideas ignorance imagination influence intellectual Ishmael Islamic problem Jean Germain Joachim of Fiore John of Segovia Juan de Segovia King Koran later Latin letter Mahomet medieval Middle Ages Mongols Moslem Moslem philosophers Nestorians Nicholas of Cusa northern Europe Paul Alvarus period Peter the Venerable picture Pope prelates problem of Islam Prophet Ralph Glaber reason religion Ricoldo Roger Bacon Roger of Howden role Saracens scholars Spain Spanish thirteenth century tians tion tradition translation Turks unbelievers Vienne vision West Western Church western Europe Western minds William of Rubroek William of Tripoli writers wrote Wycliffe