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Saracens (1st Edition) by John Victor Tolan, Professor John V. Tolan Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-231-12333-7 / 0231123337 ISBN-13: 978-0-231-12333-4 / 9780231123334 In the first century of Islam, most of the former Christian Roman Empire, from Syria to Spain, was brought under Muslim control in a conquest of unprecedented proportions. Confronted by the world of Islam, countless medieval Christians experienced a profound ambivalence, awed by its opulence, they w |