Medieval Latin lives of Muhammad
Medieval Latin lives of Muhammad
edited and translated by Julian Yolles and Jessica Weiss.
- Cambridge Harvard University Press 2018
- xli, 664 pages ; 21 cm.
- Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 51 .
- Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 51. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Historia de Mohamet = History of Muhammad -- Tultusceptru de libro Domini Metobii = Tultusceptru, from the Book of Lord Metobius -- Theophanis Chronographia = Chronicle of Theophanes / Vita Mahumeti = Life of Muhammad / Otia de Machomete = Poetic pastimes on Muhammad / Life of Muhammad / Apology of al-Kindi -- Liber Nycholay = Book of Nicholas -- Qualiter iniquus Mahometus venit et a quibus et quo modo processit = Where Wicked Muhammad came from and among whom and how he rose to prominence. Anastasius the Librarian -- Embrico of Mainz -- Walter of Compiègne -- Adelphus -- Introduction --
"Throughout the Middle Ages, believers of Christianity told tales about Muhammad and the rise of Islam. They did so to inform, warn, and entertain Christian audiences. This volume brings together a set of such accounts that traces the biographical tradition of Muhammad as it evolved in the medieval West. These stories were all written in or translated into Latin, the chief literary and intellectual language of medieval Europe. With one exception, all texts in this collection were composed as stand-alone, independent works. To supplement them, we have included a passage dealing with Muhammad from Theophanes's early ninth-century chronicle. The Latin translation of this Greek work was widely available throughout much of Western Europe and is vital in understanding later developments. These texts help to explain the origin of many persistent clichés about Muhammad, and to document ways in which Western perceptions of Islam have influenced literature, theology, and religious debate and polemic."--
Texts in Latin with English translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.
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Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 --Biography.
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 --Biography--History and criticism.
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632.
To 1500
Islam--Controversial literature--Early works to 1800.
Christians--Attitudes--History--To 1500.
Christianity and other religions--Islam--History.
Islam--Relations--Christianity--History.
Islam--Historiography.
Biography--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
11.07 relations between religions.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Religious.
Islam--Historiography.
Islam--Controversial literature.
Biography.
Biography--Middle Ages.
Christianity.
Christians--Attitudes.
Interfaith relations.
Islam.
Latin literature, Medieval and modern--Translations into English.
Early works.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Biography.
History.
Biographies.
BP 75.3 MED
BP 75.3 MED
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Historia de Mohamet = History of Muhammad -- Tultusceptru de libro Domini Metobii = Tultusceptru, from the Book of Lord Metobius -- Theophanis Chronographia = Chronicle of Theophanes / Vita Mahumeti = Life of Muhammad / Otia de Machomete = Poetic pastimes on Muhammad / Life of Muhammad / Apology of al-Kindi -- Liber Nycholay = Book of Nicholas -- Qualiter iniquus Mahometus venit et a quibus et quo modo processit = Where Wicked Muhammad came from and among whom and how he rose to prominence. Anastasius the Librarian -- Embrico of Mainz -- Walter of Compiègne -- Adelphus -- Introduction --
"Throughout the Middle Ages, believers of Christianity told tales about Muhammad and the rise of Islam. They did so to inform, warn, and entertain Christian audiences. This volume brings together a set of such accounts that traces the biographical tradition of Muhammad as it evolved in the medieval West. These stories were all written in or translated into Latin, the chief literary and intellectual language of medieval Europe. With one exception, all texts in this collection were composed as stand-alone, independent works. To supplement them, we have included a passage dealing with Muhammad from Theophanes's early ninth-century chronicle. The Latin translation of this Greek work was widely available throughout much of Western Europe and is vital in understanding later developments. These texts help to explain the origin of many persistent clichés about Muhammad, and to document ways in which Western perceptions of Islam have influenced literature, theology, and religious debate and polemic."--
Texts in Latin with English translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.
9780674980730 0674980735
40028145153
2017047234
GBB8A3189 bnb
018892628 Uk
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 --Biography.
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 --Biography--History and criticism.
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632.
To 1500
Islam--Controversial literature--Early works to 1800.
Christians--Attitudes--History--To 1500.
Christianity and other religions--Islam--History.
Islam--Relations--Christianity--History.
Islam--Historiography.
Biography--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
11.07 relations between religions.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Religious.
Islam--Historiography.
Islam--Controversial literature.
Biography.
Biography--Middle Ages.
Christianity.
Christians--Attitudes.
Interfaith relations.
Islam.
Latin literature, Medieval and modern--Translations into English.
Early works.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Biography.
History.
Biographies.
BP 75.3 MED
BP 75.3 MED