Medieval Christians knew Muslims revered Muhammad as a prophet, not a god

Evidence

There was an uncommon appreciation here of a view opposed to the Christian view and still not presented as absurd; but throughout the Middle Ages there was a wide awareness of the Islamic conception of Muhammad, as nothing more than a prophet. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 113 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Some twelfth-century Christians knew Muslims do not worship Muhammad as a god; Medieval Christianity saw Muhammad as a schismatic Christian, not an external infidel. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 103; Medieval Christians judged Muhammad by criteria his own theology did not claim — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 394 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Some twelfth-century Christians knew Muslims do not worship Muhammad as a god #corroborates (1.00)
• Medieval writers knew Muslims viewed Muhammad as only a prophet #corroborates (1.00) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 113
• Medieval Christianity saw Muhammad as a schismatic Christian, not an external infidel. #complicates (0.85) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 103
• Medieval Christians judged Muhammad by criteria his own theology did not claim #complicates (0.85) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 394
• Medieval Christians read Muhammad’s social rise as scandal, not achievement #complicates (0.85) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 487
• Medieval Christians read Muhammad’s life as a failed imitation of Christ #complicates (0.85) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 499
• Medieval Christians understood Islam only as a distorted copy of Christianity #complicates (0.85)
• Medieval Christians understood Muslims as revering biblical prophets and Jesus #complicates (0.80) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 126
• Medieval Christians held Muhammad’s lack of miracles as decisive against his prophethood #complicates (0.80) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1524
• Medieval Christians read Muhammad’s sincerity as fraudulent hypocrisy because he opposed their ethics knowingly #complicates (0.80) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1491
• Medieval Christians explained Muhammad’s scriptural knowledge as travel-borne rather than apostasy #complicates (0.80) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 506