Medieval writers knew Muslims viewed Muhammad as only a prophet

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

Categorization

• XREF: Surface awareness coexisting with deformation complicates the Aziz/Razack construction thesis — actual alternative framings were present and resisted.