John V. Tolan was educated at Yale and Chicago. He has taught at universities in North America and Europe and is currently Professor of Medieval History at the University of Nantes. He has published widely in both French and English, including most recently Saracens: Islam in the Medieval European Imagination (2002).

• THIRTEENTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURIES; FOURTEENTH TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES

Fascinating... This is a fabulous book: literally, because it deals with so many fables, but also in the more complimentary sense of the word, because it is well-written, even-handed and, from cover to cover, enchanting a riveting account of how later generations used and abused a curious historical moment Wonderful stuff.

John V. Tolan was educated at Yale and Chicago. He has taught at universities in North America and Europe and is currently Professor of Medieval History at the University of Nantes. He has published widely in both French and English, including most recently Saracens: Islam in the Medieval European Imagination (2002).

• THIRTEENTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURIES; FOURTEENTH TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES

Fascinating... This is a fabulous book: literally, because it deals with so many fables, but also in the more complimentary sense of the word, because it is well-written, even-handed and, from cover to cover, enchanting a riveting account of how later generations used and abused a curious historical moment Wonderful stuff.

John V. Tolan was educated at Yale and Chicago. He has taught at universities in North America and Europe and is currently Professor of Medieval History at the University of Nantes. He has published widely in both French and English, including most recently Saracens: Islam in the Medieval European Imagination (2002).

• THIRTEENTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURIES; FOURTEENTH TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES

Fascinating... This is a fabulous book: literally, because it deals with so many fables, but also in the more complimentary sense of the word, because it is well-written, even-handed and, from cover to cover, enchanting a riveting account of how later generations used and abused a curious historical moment Wonderful stuff.