Mohammed and Charlemagne (The Folio Society)

xxvi, 260 pp. Maps on endpapers. Translated by Bernard Miall. Introduction and further reading by Averil Cameron. CONTENTS: Part One. Western Europe before Islam: The Continuation of the Mediterranean Civilisation - The Economic and Social Situation after the Invasions and the Mediterranean Navigation - Intellectual Life after the Invasions - Conclusion; Part Two. Islam and the Carolingians: The Expansion of Islam in the Mediterranean Basin - The Carolingian Coup d'Etat and the Volte-Face of the Papacy - The Beginnings of the Middle Ages; Conclusion.