Medievalists.net » Quran http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Two Rabbinic Views of Christianity in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/two-rabbinic-views-christianity-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/two-rabbinic-views-christianity-middle-ages/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2014 01:17:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50444 In the sessions of our section over the past decade, I introduced a significant distinction between two rabbinic attitudes in the Mediterranean countries during the Middle Ages of 12th and 13th centuries as to their view of Christianity.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/two-rabbinic-views-christianity-middle-ages/feed/ 0 The Dragon and the Storm The Saracen anti-knight in Orlando furioso and Gerusalemme liberata http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/02/the-dragon-and-the-storm-the-saracen-anti-knight-in-orlando-furioso-and-gerusalemme-liberata/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/02/the-dragon-and-the-storm-the-saracen-anti-knight-in-orlando-furioso-and-gerusalemme-liberata/#comments Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:30:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42565 The Dragon and the Storm The Saracen anti-knight in Orlando furioso and Gerusalemme liberata  Cam Lindley Cross University of Chicago, March 8 (2011) Abstract When Peter the Venerable commissioned Robert of Ketton to translate the Qur’an in 1142 CE, under the title Lex Mahumet pseudoprophete, it was with done for the express purpose of refuting Islamic doctrine […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/02/the-dragon-and-the-storm-the-saracen-anti-knight-in-orlando-furioso-and-gerusalemme-liberata/feed/ 0 That Melodious Linguist: Eloquence and Piety in Christian and Islamic Songbirds http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/01/that-melodious-linguist-eloquence-and-piety-in-christian-and-islamic-songbirds/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/01/that-melodious-linguist-eloquence-and-piety-in-christian-and-islamic-songbirds/#comments Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:52:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42560 That Melodious Linguist: Eloquence and Piety in Christian and Islamic Songbirds Cam Lindley Cross University of Chicago, December 8 (2010) Abstract “Birds,” writes Albertus Magnus, “generally call more than other animals. This is due to the lightness of their spirits.” Although Albertus here employs “lightness” (levitas) as a technical term, the broader valences of the word […]

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