Supposed and True Knowledge of the Qur’ān in Early Medieval Latin Literature, Eighth and Ninth Centuries
Matthias M. Tischler
Abstract This article intends to revise the still unrivalled opinion in Medieval Studies according which knowledge of Qur’ān early medieval Latin West is almost completely missing. For this purpose, it revises current state art, enriches panorama with some new findings rarely studied or unknown sources and tries assess a profile reception Muslims’ central religious book. The study can show that authors world ventured first, yet polemical apologetic approaches phenomenon ‘Islam’ produced not only superficial, hearsay-based, but first detailed Qur’ān.
Journal of transcultural medieval studies