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Norman Daniel’s Islam and the West: The Making of an Image (1960) analyzes how medieval European thought constructed a persistent, distorted image of Islam, establishing a foundation for analyzing Western prejudices. The work argues that hostile concepts developed between 1100 and 1350 were intentional polemical tools used to protect Christian identity. A digital copy of this foundational study is available for borrowing at the Internet Archive . Islam and the West: The Making of an Image: Daniel, Norman