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The Crusades Carole Hillenbrand

The Crusades By Carole Hillenbrand

The Crusades by Carole Hillenbrand


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Born amid bloodshed and suffering, the Kingdom of Jerusalem was a battlefield for almost 200 years. At the same time, as this book illustrates, art, architecture and learning all benefited from new knowledge the Crusaders brought back from the East.

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The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives by Carole Hillenbrand

With breathtaking command of medieval Muslim sources as well as the vast literature on medieval European and Muslim culture, Carole Hillenbrand has produced a book that shows not only how the Crusades were perceived by the Muslims, but how the Crusades affected the Muslim world - militarily, culturally, and psychologically.

The Crusades Reviews

a valuable work of serious scholarly synthesis... Heavily annotated and lavishly illustrated, The Crusades is a most welcome book... The Crusades is a major contributor to the goal of a more holistic overview of the crusades. More than a textbook, it certainly can be used as one. Historians and teachers of the medieval eastern Mediterranean now have an extremely useful resource at their fingertips; it unfolds the complexity of the Muslim opposition to the Crusades, and presents a careful introduction to many aspects of Muslim history... Hillenbrand's book takes major strides toward unpacking and revealing what contemporary eyes may have seen. -- MESA Bulletin
[T]he author aims at providing an 'outline for future research' as well as engaging students and the general public Themes covered extend beyond mere chronology to topics in theology, warfare, art and literature, popular and material culture. -- Middle East Journal
A remarkable contribution to the history of relations between east and west. -- Anne-Marie Edde
Ground-breaking work. -- Jonathan Riley-Smith
A landmark. -- London Review of Books
Hillenbrand's The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives offers specialist and nonspecialist readers a wonderful starting point for all future studies of Muslim and Arab responses to the Crusades. Hillenbrand has succeeded very well in writing a rather comprehensive compilation of primary and secondary sources without sacrificing academic rigor or remaining too general. -- Albert Hernandez, Iliff School of Theology,Journal of the American Academy of Religion

About Carole Hillenbrand

Carole Hillenbrand is Reader in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Table of Contents

Introduction Chronology Background to War: Christendom and Islam in the 11th Century Warring Sides: Byzantines, Turks, Crusaders and Saracens Outbreak: The First Crusade The Fighting: Crusade and jihad; consolidation of Islamic resistance Portrait of a Soldier: Brothers in arms; two crusaders; two fursan The World Around War: The Impact of the Crusades on the Mediterranean and beyond Portrait of a Civilian: A saint, a lady, a scholar and a rabbi How the War Ended: The rise of the Mamluks and the fall of the Crusader State Conclusion and Consequences: The failure of an idea and the rebirth of Islamic expansionism Further reading Glossary Index

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CIN1579583547G
9781579583545
1579583547
The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives by Carole Hillenbrand
Used - Good
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Inc
20010110
96
N/A
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