Contents: 1. Spain and Portugal/J.B. Trend. 2. The crusades/Ernest Barker. 3. Geography and commerce/J.H. Kramers. 4. Islamic minor arts and their influence upon European work/A.H. Christie. 5. Islamic art and its influence on painting in Europe/Sir Thomas Arnold. 6. Architecture/Martin S. Briggs. 7. Literature/H.A.R. Gibb. 8. Mysticism/R.A. Nicholson. 9. Philosophy and theology/Alfred Guillaume. 10. Law and society/David De Santillana. 11. Science and medicine/Max Meyerhof. 12. Music/H.G. Farmer. 13. Astronomy and mathematics/Baron Carra De Vaux. Index.