L'islam dans première grandeur (VIIIe-IXe siècle) o reeditare binevenită
Maurice Lombard and the Grandeur of Early Islam

Summary/Abstract: The study of early Islam made by Maurice Lombard is a glimpse into a particular setting of historical development of large territories, from the fall of the RomanEmpire to the modern ages. Those territories encompass old and new nations and religions, stretching from the Sahara desert to Spain and Sicily, and from the Atlantic shores of Africa to Western India and China. Its astonishing economic and urban development, accompanied by innovations in agriculture, various industries and transportation, made this huge space a land of knowledge and civilization, working as a bridge between East and West, past and future. Its heritage for modern Europe is still visible in science and culture, especially by the transmission of ancient writings of Greek and Latin scholars. This perspective could somehow change the way ordinary Europeans currently consider Islam and its cultural values and work against established prejudices.

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