, reveals that between 1100 and 1350, the Western world "froze" its perception of Islam. He found that: Intentional Distortions:

Norman Daniel’s seminal work, Islam and the West: The Making of an Image

If you’ve ever wondered why Western perceptions of Islam often feel rooted in deep-seated, recurring tropes, you aren’t alone. Historian Norman Daniel spent his career uncovering the origins of these ideas. His landmark book, Islam and the West: The Making of an Image

: While focusing heavily on the medieval period (1100–1350), it extends its analysis to show how these early prejudices survived the Reformation and continue to permeate modern European attitudes.

Some critics have noted that Daniel focuses almost exclusively on the "high theology" of scholars and clerics, paying less attention to how the average medieval peasant might have viewed Islam (though he acknowledges that popular opinion was likely even cruder than the scholarly one).

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