How did medieval European Christians view Muslims? How did Muslims view European Christians? What was the basis for each side’s view of the other?
How might a twelfth-century European have characterized the First Crusade? What about a twelfth-century Muslim Turk? How would you explain the differences you note?
Zakariya al-Qazwini, Islam from the Prophet Muhammed to the Capture of Constantinople, ed. and trans. Bernard Lewis, vol. 2: Religion and Society (New York: Walker, 1987), 123.