LEADER 04562nam 2200709 450 001 9910460763503321 005 20210506195228.0 010 $a1-5017-0091-X 010 $a1-5017-0092-8 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501700927 035 $a(CKB)3710000000513357 035 $a(EBL)4189235 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001581196 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16260599 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001581196 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14717271 035 $a(PQKB)10928064 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001516494 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4189235 035 $a(OCoLC)930109239 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46792 035 $a(DE-B1597)478612 035 $a(OCoLC)979760168 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501700927 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4189235 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11129072 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000513357 100 $a20151223h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnnu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCluny and the Muslims of La Garde-Freinet $ehagiography and the problem of Islam in medieval Europe /$fScott G. Bruce 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (173 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8014-5299-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tList of Abbreviations --$tIntroduction: Hagiography and Religious Polemic in the Cluniac Tradition --$t1. News of a Kidnapping --$t2. Monks Tell Tales --$t3. Peter the Venerable, Butcher of God --$t4. Hagiography and the Muslim Policy of Peter the Venerable --$tConclusion --$tAppendix: Martin of Lausanne's Invective Poem against the Qur'an --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn the summer of 972 a group of Muslim brigands based in the south of France near La Garde-Freinet abducted the abbot of Cluny as he and his entourage crossed the Alps en route from Rome to Burgundy. Ultimately, the abbot was set free and returned home safely, but the audacity of this abduction outraged Christian leaders and galvanized the will of local lords. Shortly thereafter, Count William of Arles marshaled an army and succeeded in wiping out the Muslim stronghold. In Cluny and the Muslims of La Garde-Freinet, Scott G. Bruce uses this extraordinary incident, largely overlooked by contemporary scholars, to examine Christian perceptions of Islam in the Middle Ages. The monks of Cluny kept the tale of their abbot's abduction alive over the next century in hagiographical works and chronicles written to promote his sanctity. Bruce explores the telling and retelling of this story, focusing particularly on the representation of Islam in each account, and how that representation changed over time. The culminating figure in this study is Peter the Venerable, one of Europe's leading intellectuals and abbot of Cluny from 1122 to 1156. Remembered today largely for his views of Islam, Peter commissioned Latin translations of Muslim historical and devotional texts including the Qur'an. As Bruce shows, Peter's thinking on Islam had its roots in the hagiographical tradition of the abduction at La Garde-Freinet. In fact, Peter drew from the stories as he crafted a "Muslim policy" relevant to the mid-twelfth century, a time of great anxiety about Islam in the aftermath of the failed Second Crusade. Compellingly written, Cluny and the Muslims of La Garde-Freinet provides us with an unparalleled opportunity to examine Christian perceptions of Islam in the Crusading era. 606 $aChristianity and other religions$xIslam$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aIslam$xRelations$xChristianity$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aIslam$xControversial literature$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aMuslims$zFrance$zLa Garde-Freinet$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aChristian hagiography$xHistory$yTo 1500 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChristianity and other religions$xIslam 615 0$aIslam$xRelations$xChristianity 615 0$aIslam$xControversial literature 615 0$aMuslims$xHistory 615 0$aChristian hagiography$xHistory 676 $a261.2/709440902 700 $aBruce$b Scott G$g(Scott Gordon),$f1967-$0777645 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460763503321 996 $aCluny and the Muslims of La Garde-Freinet$92488850 997 $aUNINA