The polemics of idendity. (c2013)

Abstract

This thesis aims at understanding the means through which identity is constructed interns of religion and ethnicity. A survey of some of the most polemic primary sources produced during the period of the crusades is conducted to highlight the methodologies for differentiation from both sides of the Spectrum: Arab-Muslim and Latin Christian. Furthermore, several secondary sources are used to both present and explain this polemic of Otherness.