Arabic-Islamic views of the Latin West : tracing the emergence of medieval Europe /
Daniel G. Kčonig.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The author offers an insight into how the Arabic-Islamic world perceived medieval Western Europe, refuting previous claims that the Muslim world regarded Western Europe as a cultural backwater, instead arguing for the presence of cultural and information flows between the two very different societies.