The Muslim discovery of Europe. [Contact and impact --- The Muslim view of the world --- On language and translation --- Media and intermediaries --- Muslim scholarship about the West --- Religion --- The economy: perceptions and contacts --- Government and justice --- Science and technology --- Cultural life --- Social and personal]

New York : W.W. Norton, 1982, 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing ; 350 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0393015297; 9780393015294; ; National Library: 039-30152 LCCN: 81-19009 ; LC: DS63.2.E8; Dewey: 303.4/82 ; OCLC: 8032662 ; red cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Contents : Contact and impact --- The Muslim view of the world --- On language and translation --- Media and intermediaries --- Muslim scholarship about the West --- Religion --- The economy: perceptions and contacts --- Government and justice --- Science and technology --- Cultural life --- Social and personal --- Conclusions. ; bookplate ; "The Muslim world of the 11th century was a great civilization, a center of art and science stretching from Spain to the Middle East, while Europe lay slumbering in the Dark Ages. The two worlds knew little of one another. Slowly, inevitably, however, Europe and Islam came together through trade and war, crusade and diplomacy. The Muslims began to take note of the Europeans and to write about them, to acquire information on languages, science, government, religion, economics. " ; Bernard Lewis is Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, at Princeton University. ; "Full of rare and exact information.... A distinguished work." New York Review of Books ; FINE/FINE.