dante

one thing i found interesting about this essay is how she talks about the history of how christians felt about islam during this time. their attitudes towards islam reflected fear of the new and of the political and cultural expansion of islamic civilization. This reflects why dante has place Muhammad in hell with him because it reflects his own feelings. she also states that after these christian authors wrote negatives things about islam it was then followed by an apologetic statement. possible to make christianity look better and more holy. she also talks a lot about the different tones in these christian literatures. another thing she brings up in her essay is  that during this time to the christian writers it seemed as though the arabic people were invading peoples and barbarians. this explains a lot about why they wrote about them they way they did during this time. although there are all of these authors writing negatively about islam there were christian authors who wrote about islam and christianity being harmonious and speaks of the commonalities of the two religions.