Most Mozarabs did not share the militant anti-Muslim views of Eulogius and Alvarus

Evidence

Norman Daniel misunderstands the clear fact that Eulogius’s and Alvarus’s harsh anti-Muslim sentiments are not shared by the majority of Mozarabs; for him their writings show that “[a]ll the Christians held the Arabs and their civilization in contempt” (“Spanish Christian Sources,” 367). Clearly, for Eulogius and Alvarus, the problem is that far too few Christians feel such contempt. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1620 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Another important work, because it was the greatest single influence upon Ricoldo da Monte Croce, himself extremely influential in the subsequent history of anti- Islamic polemic, not because of its own wide distribution, was the Contrarietas elfolica. This work is known to us only in a poor manuscript of the late sixteenth century, and in its Latin translation by Mark of Toledo, not in any Arabic original; I suggest that it may be, not what it claims to be, the work of a Muslim convert to Christianity, but an exercise by a Mozarab polemist. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 67 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mozarab hostility to Islam was a minority position, not a universal Christian attitude — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1620; Early Western anti-Islamic polemic may originate from Mozarab converts, not Muslims. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 67; Anti-Muslim polemic migrated from Spanish Mozarabs to northern Europe as a weapon — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 877 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Mozarab hostility to Islam was a minority position, not a universal Christian attitude #corroborates (0.95) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1620
• Early Western anti-Islamic polemic may originate from Mozarab converts, not Muslims. #complicates (0.85) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 67
• Anti-Muslim polemic migrated from Spanish Mozarabs to northern Europe as a weapon #complicates (0.80) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 877
• Mozarab resentments on Islam’s frontier fueled fabricated Christian accusations #complicates (0.80)
• Medieval Christian hostility toward Islam was generalized hatred, not nuanced comparison #complicates (0.80) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1477