In this Book
- A Brief History of Islam in Europe: Thirteen Centuries of Creed, Conflict and Coexistence
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Leiden University Press
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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The relationship between Europe and Islam has been complicated, if not troubled, throughout the thirteen centuries since Muslims first began playing a part in European history. This volume offers a compact, yet comprehensive look at the entire history of the interaction of Islam and Eureopean culture, religion, and politics.
Maurits S. Berger focuses in particular on the transformations that the figure of the Muslim and the image of Islam have undergone in the European mind. Conqueror, Antichrist, scholar, benign ruler, corsair, tradesman, fellow citizen—the Muslim has been all of those and more, and even today, as Muslims make up a substantial portion of Europe’s citizenry, they remain all too often a source of undeserved anxiety for ordinary people and politicians alike. Through Berger’s clear prose and incisive analysis, the story of Islam and Europe is seen as one of interaction and mutual influence rather than perpetual antagonism.
Maurits S. Berger focuses in particular on the transformations that the figure of the Muslim and the image of Islam have undergone in the European mind. Conqueror, Antichrist, scholar, benign ruler, corsair, tradesman, fellow citizen—the Muslim has been all of those and more, and even today, as Muslims make up a substantial portion of Europe’s citizenry, they remain all too often a source of undeserved anxiety for ordinary people and politicians alike. Through Berger’s clear prose and incisive analysis, the story of Islam and Europe is seen as one of interaction and mutual influence rather than perpetual antagonism.
Table of Contents

- Title, Copyright
- pp. 1-4
- Introduction
- pp. 13-32
- Chapter Two:
- pp. 67-106
- Chapter Three. Divided Europe (1500–1700 CE)
- pp. 107-148
- Chapter Four. Powerful Europe (1700–1950 CE)
- pp. 149-190
- Chapter Five. Struggling Europe (1950 CE–)
- pp. 191-238
- Bibliography
- pp. 305-342
Additional Information
ISBN
9789400601505
Related ISBN(s)
9789087281953, 9789400601512
MARC Record
OCLC
966879919
Pages
354
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC