The Islamic–Byzantine Border in History

From the Rise of Islam to the End of the Crusades

Tor, Deborah (ed.)
Beihammer, Alexander (ed.)

Explores the significance of the Islamic-Byzantine border from the rise of Islam to the end of the Crusades
Presents the first work dedicated entirely to the Islamic-Byzantine Border
Provides a comparative perspective, featuring both leading Byzantinists and leading researchers of the Islamic world
Uniquely offers a broad chronological perspective, showing the longue durée rather than focusing on a specific period
One of the most formative areas and periods of historical inquiry, across the fields of Mediterranean history, Byzantine history, Islamic history and the history of Muslim-Christian relations, is the long warfare between the Islamic and Christian worlds in the period that began with the Islamic conquests of the formerly Byzantine lands of the Eastern Mediterranean in the 630s CE and ended with the closing of the Crusades in the Levant c.1300 CE.