1st Edition
Christians under the Crescent and Muslims under the Cross c.630 - 1923
Introduction 1. Prohibitions, Laws and Justice 2. Conversions 3. Working 4. Sharing Beliefs and Spaces 5. Attacking the Other 6. Eliminating the Other Conclusion
Biography
Luigi Andrea Berto is professor of History at Western Michigan University (USA). His research focuses on Medieval Italy and the Mediterranean, with a special interest in the use of the past in the medieval and modern periods, and the relationships between Christians and Muslims.
It is the rare book that does all the things I need a book to do for teaching undergraduates, but this book superbly accomplishes them all:
it is written in cogent, clear English
it is without an obvious agenda, especially an apologetic one
it is relatively brief
it avoids getting lost in the notes and apparatus, which undergrads often find bewildering
it captures the messiness of history--the "nobody has clean hands" approach
it is reasonably affordable in a paperback edition.Adam A. J. DeVille, University of Saint Francis, USA
Christians under the Crescent and Muslims under the Cross provides a thorough and highly readable introduction to the topic. Coming in at under 150 pages of text (plus notes, maps and a brief biography) the book is an exemplar of efficiency, coherence, and organization.
Jarbel Rodriguez Speculum 100/1 (January 2025)
