The text discusses views of Islam and the Muslims held by western political leaders and writers from the eleventh to the eighteenth centuries, arguing that Euro

Discusses how a distinctive 'European' identity has grown over the centuries, especially with the EU.

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An unprecedented, richly, detailed, and clear-eyed exploration of Islam in European history and civilization Tensions over Islam were escalating in Europe even

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