Vita Mahumeti
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Vita Mahumeti ("Mahomet's life") was a seminal 11th century AD biography written in Latin by Embrico of Mainz on Muhammad and Mohammedanism.
The Vita Mahumeti was based on earlier Byzantine non-Islamic eyewitness accounts of the early period of Islam and treats the personal and social life of the Prophet who is viewed as the embodiment of the Antichrist. Whereas earlier texts had portrayed Islam as pagan idolatry and Muhammad as a pagan deity, Embrico and subsequent 12th century scholars viewed Mohammedanism as a form of Christian heresy and Muhammad as a particularly vile heresiarch.
