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Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215
by David Levering Lewis
In this panoramic history of Islamic culture in early Europe, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reexamines what we once thought we knew ... A cautionary tale, God's Crucible provides a new interpretation of world-altering events whose influence remains as current as today's headlines.
"This superb portrayal ...displays the formidable scholarship and magisterial ability to synthesize vast quantities of material" - Publishers Weekly.
"Lewis's convoluted writing style in this work, and his excessive use of anachronistic, extra-regional examples, such as Sherman's march through Georgia, make this book hard to recommend enthusiastically to scholars. Recommended for public libraries and some undergraduate libraries." - Library Journal.
"Crowded yet sprightly account of Islam's definitive shaping of the world map during the so-called Dark Ages ... A work of clear-eyed scholarship-and occasionally challenging vocabulary." - Kirkus Reviews.
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