Late Antique Historiography

History of Muhammed

Title(s):
  • History of Muhammed
  • Historia de Mahmeth pseudo-prophetae
    (Historia de Mahmeth pseudo-prophetae, History of Mohammed the pseudo-prophet)
Author:
Period covered:
570-632
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Biography (general)
Remarks:
This is a polemical biography of Muhammed.
Edition - Translation:
  • J. Yolles, J. Weiss (2018) Medieval Latin lives of Muhammad (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval library). Cambridge (MA).
Fragments:
  • Chronicon propheticum 4
  • Eulogius of Cordoba, Liber apologeticus 15-16
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • Y. Bonnaz (1987) Chroniques asturiennes (fin IXe siècle). Paris.
  • J. Gil (1973) Corpus scriptorum Mozarabicum. Volume Two. Madrid.
  • C.L. Tieszen (2013) Christian identity amid Islam in medieval Spain. Leiden.