a ISBN 978-03-9306472-8

a ISBN 0-393-06472-7

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number D117

b Item number .L48 2008

a Dewey Classification 940.1

a Personal name Lewis, David L.,

d Dates associated with a name 1936-

a Title God's crucible :

b Remainder of title Islam and the making of Europe, 570 to 1215 /

c Statement of responsibility, etc David Levering Lewis.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc W.W. Norton,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc c2008.

a Extent xxv, 473 p., [8] p. of plates :

b Other physical details ill. (some col.), maps ;

c Dimensions 25 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-448) and index.

a Formatted contents note 1.The Superpowers -- 2."The Arabs Are Coming!" -- 3."Jihad!" -- 4.The Co-opted Caliphate and the Stumbling Jihad -- 5.The Year 711 -- 6.Picking Up the Pieces after Rome -- 7.The Myth of Poitiers -- 8.The Fall and Rise of the Umayyads -- 9.Saving the Popes -- 10.An Empire of Force and Faith -- 11.Carolingian Jihads: Roncesvalles and Saxony -- 12.The Great Mosque -- 13.The First Europe, Briefly -- 14.Equipoise - Delicate and Doomed -- 15.Disequilibrium, Pelayo's Revenge.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Civilization, Medieval.