The Emperor and the Elephant: Christians and Muslims in the Age of Charlemagne

Cover
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Introduction
	Diplomacy
	Political Context
	Sources
Chapter 2. Perception and Practice in Carolingian Diplomacy with the Islamic World
	Problems of Perspective
		Considering the Other
		Christ and Belial
	Envoys
	Travel
	Reception
		Gifts
	Eating the Fish
Chapter 3. Carolingian Diplomacy with the \'Abbāsid Caliphate
	Existential Questions
	Motivations
		The Alliance System
		Patriarchs and Politics
		Prestige Diplomacy
	First Contact: Pippin III and al-Manṣūr (767–768)
	Charlemagne and Hārūn al-Rashīd
		The Elephant in the Room
	The End of Carolingian Diplomacy with the ʿAbbāsid Caliphs (831)
Chapter 4. Carolingian-Umayyad  Diplomacy, Part 1: 751–820
	The Frontier
	The Beginning of Carolingian Relations with the Umayyads, 751–793
		Sulaymān, Charlemagne, and the Roncesvalles Campaign, 777–781
		An Unusual Proposition
		My Girona, 781–793
		751–793 Conclusion
	The Franks on the Offensive, 796–812
		Useless Peace, 810–820
		Conclusion
Chapter 5. Carolingian-Umayyad  Diplomacy, Part 2: 820–864
	Disaster on the Frontier, 820–830
		Leaders and Tribunes
		Lights in the Sky
	Charles the Bald and Umayyad Spain, 840–864
		The Son of Evil, 847–851
		Rebels and Vikings, 863–864
		The Third King of Spain
		The Martyrs of Córdoba
	The End of Carolingian-Umayyad Diplomacy
Chapter 6. The Central Mediterranean: The Limits of Carolingian Diplomacy with the Islamic World
	The Second Part of the World: Charlemagne and North Africa
	All-Out War: The Emirates of Italy
	Dogs in the Nighttime
Conclusion. Death of an Elephant
Bibliography
Index