Dag Nikolaus Hasse shows how ideological and scientific motives led to the decline of Arabic traditions in European culture. The Renaissance was a turning point: on the one hand, Arabic scientific traditions reached their peak of influence in Europe; on the other, during this period the West began to forget, or suppress, its debt to Arabic culture.

Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of Figures and Tables Preface Note on Terminology, Orthography, and Transliteration Part I: ...