Anglo-saxon Perceptions Of The Islamic World

CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND 33 ANGLO-SAXON PERCEPTIONS OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND FOUNDING GENERAL EDITORS MICHAEL LAPIDGE and SIMON KEYNES CURRENT GENERAL EDITORS SIMON KEYNES and ANDY ORCHARD Volumes published 1 Anglo-Saxon Crucifixion Iconography and the Art of the Monastic Revival by b a r b a r a c . r aw 2 The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Anglo-Saxon England by m a r y c l ay t o n 3 Religion and Literature in Western England, 600–800 by pat r i c k s i m s - w i l l i a m s 4 Visible Song: Transitional Literacy in Old English Verse by k at h e r i n e o ’b r i e n o ’k e e f e 5 The Metrical Grammar of ‘Beowulf’ by c a lv i n b . k e n d a l l 6 The Irish Tradition in Old English Literature by c h a r l e s d . w r i g h t 7 Anglo-Saxon Medicine by m . l . c a m e r o n 8 The Poetic Art of Aldhelm by a n d y o r c h a r d 9 The Old English Lives of St Margaret by m a r y c l ay t o n and h u g h m a g e n n i s 10 Biblical Commentaries from the Canterbury School of Theodore and Hadrian by b e r n h a r d b i s c h o f f and m i c h a e l l a p i d g e 11 Archbishop Theodore: Commemorative Studies on his Life and Influence edited by michael lapidge 12 Interactions of Thought and Language in Old English Poetry by p e t e r c l e m o e s 13 The Textuality of Old English Poetry by c a r o l b r a u n pa s t e r n a c k 14 The ‘Laterculus Malalianus’ and the School of Archbishop Theodore by j a n e s t e v e n s o n 15 The Text of the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England by r i c h a r d m a r s d e n 16 Old English Biblical Verse by pa u l g . r e m l e y 17 The Hymns of the Anglo-Saxon Church by i n g e b . m i l f u l l 18 Scenes of Community in Old English Poetry by h u g h m a g e n n i s 19 The Old English Apocrypha and their Manuscript Source: ‘The Gospel of Nichodemus’ and ‘The Avenging of the Saviour’ edited by j . e . c r o s s 20 The Composition of Old English Poetry by h . m o m m a 21 Trinity and Incarnation in Anglo-Saxon Art and Thought by b a r b a r a c . r aw 22 Heathen Gods in Old English Literature by r i c h a r d n o r t h 23 ‘Beowulf’ and Old Germanic Metre by g e o f f r e y r u s s o m 24 Ælfric’s Letter to the Monks of Eynsham by c h r i s t o p h e r a . j o n e s 25 The Intellectual Foundations of English Benedictine Reform by m e c h t h i l d g r e t s c h 26 Apocryphal Gospels of Mary in Anglo-Saxon England by m a r y c l ay t o n 27 Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry by j e n n i f e r n e v i l l e 28 Anglo-Saxon Gestures and the Roman Stage by c . r . d o d w e l l 29 Literary Appropriations of the Anglo-Saxons from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century by d o n a l d s c r a g g and c a r o l e w e i n b e r g 30 Rewriting Old English in the Twelfth Century by m a r y s wa n n and e l a i n e m. treharne 31 Text and Picture in Anglo-Saxon England: Narrative Strategies in the Junius 11 Manuscript by c at h e r i n e e . k a r k o v 32 Paradise, Death and Doomsday in Anglo-Saxon Literature by a n a n ya j a h a n a r a kabir ANGLO-SAXON PERCEPTIONS OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD katharine scarfe beckett    Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge  , United Kingdom Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521829403 © Katharine Scarfe Beckett 2003 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2003 - isbn-13 978-0-511-06286-5 eBook (NetLibrary) - isbn-10 0-511