CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Preface

Note on Sources

Abbreviations

Introduction

1.Saracens

2.Monasticism and Pilgrimage in the Sinai

3.The Sinai as Christian Space

4.Martyrdom in the Sinai

5.Imperial Response to the Saracen Threat

6.The Murderous Sword of the Saracen

Bibliography

  Primary Sources

  Secondary Sources

Index