Islam and Papal Power in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe - The Afterlives of a Popular Polemic

Analysing the thirty-four surviving manuscript copies, this book studies the way the text was transcribed, the notes that readers made in the margins, and the contexts in which it was copied.

List of contents

Introduction: How an Italian Monk Came to Write a Bestselling Book on the Qur'an
1. Viral Vitriol: Reading and Reproducing an Anti-Islamic Polemic
2. Authority and Authenticity in the Making of an Early Modern Bestseller
3. Papal Power: Using Islam to Maintain Control of the Catholic Church
4. The Sword and the Pen: European Responses to the Rise of the Ottomans
5. Philosophy, Philology, and Polemic during the Renaissance
Afterword. Legacies from Martin Luther to 9/11
Appendix A. Contra legem Manuscript Corpus: Descriptions and Observations
Appendix B. Contents of the Contra legem Manuscript Corpus
Bibliography

About the author

Kate Waggoner Karchner is an independent scholar living and working in Ohio. Waggoner Karchner earned her PhD in History with a certificate in Medieval Studies from the University of Michigan in 2019. While there, Waggoner Karchner focused on medieval and early modern European history with an emphasis on religious history and Christian-Muslim relations. Waggoner Karchner's past publications include "Two New Manuscript Copies of Riccoldo da Montecroce's Contra legem Sarracenorum" (2019) and "Deciphering the Qur'an in late medieval Europe: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Nicholas of Cusa, and the text-centred development of interreligious dialogue" (2020).

Summary

Analysing the thirty-four surviving manuscript copies, this book studies the way the text was transcribed, the notes that readers made in the margins, and the contexts in which it was copied.

Product details

• Authors: Kate Waggoner Karchner
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032472676
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3247267-6
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Studies in Medieval Religions and Cultures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christianity / History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, RELIGION / Reference, History of Religion, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, History and Archaeology, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, The Koran (Qur’an), Early 14th century c 1300 to c 1350