Medieval Christian hostility toward Islam was generalized hatred, not nuanced comparison

Evidence

There can be no doubt of the extent of Christian hatred and suspicion of Muslims. The occurrence of occasional favourable comparison between Christendom and Islam, generally with a satiric intent, must not suggest a general attitude. On the contrary, the general attitude among those who had_no personal knowledge of Muslims, and often of those who had, was one of hatred; and we have seen in some detail the high degree of suspicion felt by those responsible for Christendom’s relations with Muslims. Even passing references to Muhammad are often couched in superlatives such as vilisstmus. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1477

Categorization

• XREF: Complicates any romanticized reading of medieval Christian-Muslim exchange; sits against the vault’s genealogical thread on how Islam is constructed as constitutive outside.