Only a bishop outside Cordoba’s reach dared write anti-Islamic polemic

Evidence

The only Christian Spaniard who is said to have written a (now lost) polemic against Islam is Felix, bishop of the Pyrenean diocese of Urgel, outside of Córdoba’s political and military grasp. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 493

Categorization

  • XREF: Supports the incentive-based explanation above — Felix sat outside the patronage network, so he had no protection to lose.