A brief history of Islam in Europe : thirteen centuries of creed, conflict and coexistence / Maurits S. Berger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berger, Maurits, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Europe--History.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<i>A Brief History of Islam in Europe</i> presents an overall presentation and discussion of developments ever since Islam appeared on the European stage thirteen centuries ago. The events and stories presented increase the understanding of present debates on, and notions of, Islam and Muslims in Europe. The leading questions in discussing the role of the Islam in Europe are: how and in what ways did Europeans and Muslims interact, and what is the role of religion therein? And for those Europeans who had never met a Muslim: what was their image of Islam, and how did they study the Muslim? This book shows that in the course of thirteen centuries the Muslim as well as Islam have undergone many metamorphoses. The Muslim has entered the European stage as a conqueror, antichrist, scholar, benign ruler, corsair, tradesman and fellow citizen. The image of Islam has meandered accordingly, as a religion that was feared as an enemy or embraced as a partner against heretical Christians, despised as an abomination or admired as a civilization, and studied for missionary, academic, colonial or security purpose.

Contents:

Foreword

Introduction. 1. The Link to Today: Collective Memory

2. 'Islam' and 'Europe' A Methodological Framework, Europe, Islam

3. Europe's Interaction with Islam: 'Physical' and 'Virtual' Islam, Five Periods, Three Themes: Religion, Toleration, Othering

Chapter One. Uncivilized Europe (700-1000 CE). I. Setting the Stage. 1. Europe at the Dawn of the Muslim Conquests

2. The Islamic Empire

II. Physical Islam. 1. The Realm of Interaction. 2. Living with the Unbeliever

3. Other Relations and Contacts

III. Virtual Islam

Myths, Legends and Ignorance

Chapter Two. Crusading Europe (1000-1500 CE). I. Setting the Stage. 1. Economic Revival

2. Religious Revival

3. The Crusades

II. Physical Islam

1. The Realm of Interaction

2. Living with the Unbeliever: Muslims under Christian Rule

3. Social Tensions

4. Conversion

5. Other Relations and Contacts

1. The Study and Legends of Islam

2. Polemics

3. Culture and Technology

Chapter Three. Divided Europe (1500-1700 CE)

I. Setting the Stage. 1. Europe: Reformation and National Self-Assertion

2. Rise of the Ottoman Empire

II. Physical Islam. 1. Living with the Unbeliever

2. Other Relations and Contacts

III. Virtual Islam. 1. The Image of the 'Turk'

2. Dealing with the 'Turk'

3. Islam: 'Better Turkish than Papish'

Chapter Four. Powerful Europe (1700-1950 CE). I. Setting the Stage. 1. Colonialism and Imperialism

2. The Demise of the Ottoman Empire

Physical Islam. 1. Living with the Unbeliever

2. The Combustible Mix of Capitulations, Millets and Nationalism

3. Wars and Insurgencies

4. Diplomatic Relations and Trade

5. Muslim Sojourners: Students, Nationalists and Conscripts

III. Virtual Islam. 1. Eighteenth Century: Turquerie and Inclusive Othering

2. Nineteenth Century: Orientalism and Exclusive Othering

Chapter Five. Struggling Europe (1950-). I. Setting the Stage. 1. A New Europe

2. Islam in the New Europe

3. Identity, Loyalty and Security

2. Secular and Religious Rule

3. Wars and Terrorism

4. Europe and Its 'Neighbourhood'

III. Virtual Islam. 1. Images of Islam and Muslims

2. The Study of Islam

Epilogue. Historical Patterns

Patterns into the Present

To Be Extrapolated into the Future?

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9789087283261

9087283261

9789400601505

9400601506

OCLC:

966879919

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access