The influence of Muslims on Western Europe in the field of medicine through the Crusades

Abstract

The Crusades were one of the manifestations of the transmission of Islamic civilization in Europe, as the Europeans relied on the knowledge of Muslims, especially in the field of medicine and the extent of its development. Thanks to Islam, the current rules of medical science were found. To know these facts, one must see the historical background that contributed to the development and prosperity of the medical field in Europe.While Europe was in the dark ages, Islamic medicine entered it through Islamic cities such as Andalusia, which contributed to spreading medical awareness among Europeans. The sources reported that at a time when the Islamic Empire witnessed its golden age, Europe was living in darkness and barbarism, in addition to the Church that controls medicine, and the charlatans and charlatans were the ones who relied on them to heal the sick through their flimsy beliefs.The Islamic medical literature reached a wide extent in its influence on Europeans, as it was translated into various European languages at the time, and these books continued for several centuries, and became the main sources on which Europeans rely on teaching them medicine, whether with its Arabic origins or through its translation. If the books of the Muslim Arabs remained, they were used as the book (al-Qanun) by Ibn Sina and the book (al-Hawi) by al-Razi and other books until the end of the sixteenth century AD.