medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>>Please be careful regarding "cross-fertilisation".
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>WHY? other than all scholarship should be careful, is there any particular
>reason this matter of investigation requires a special warning?
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not the matter of investigation but the interpretation of the remarkable
fact that the prior of Norwich owned a copy of Qu'ran.
>Which means that by 1312 European scholars in general knew that the Jews and
>Arabs had manuscripts of particular value. Islamic influence in Europe must be significant at this point to warrant the establishment of 'Chairs.'
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The intention is clearly stated: not interest in Islam, but getting
better means to convert Muslims. Maybe we just have a different
understanding of "cross-fertilisation".
>The study of Islamic influences in Europe is and integral part of medieval
>studies without which the study of medieval Europe is incomplete.
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No doubt about this, and no doubt that there was cross-fertilisation but
I think there are better proofs for it - you have listed some of them -
than the prior's book.
yours, h.w.
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