1. News of a Kidnapping

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. List of Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction: Hagiography and Religious Polemic in the Cluniac Tradition 1
6. 1. News of a Kidnapping 10
7. 2. Monks Tell Tales 41
8. 3. Peter the Venerable, Butcher of God 63
9. 4. Hagiography and the Muslim Policy of Peter the Venerable 100
10. Conclusion 130
11. Appendix: Martin of Lausanne’s Invective Poem against the Qur’an 137
12. Bibliography 139
13. Index 157