Saracen facts for kids

Saracens were Arab Muslims during the Middle Ages.

In the early centuries of the Common Era, Greek and Latin writings used the term to talk about the people who lived in desert areas in and near the Roman province of Arabia Petraea, and in Arabia Deserta.

The oldest known source mentioning Saracen dates to the 7th century.

Images for kids

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  Late 15th-century German woodcut depicting Saracens

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  12th-century Reliquary of Saint Stanislaus in the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków is an example of Saracen art from Sicily or Palestine.

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  Saracens landing on a coast, 915

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  Maugis fighting the Saracen Noiron in Aigremont, in Renaud de Montauban. David Aubert, Bruges, 1462-1470

See also

In Spanish: Sarraceno para niños