Coinage Of The Crusaders And The World Of Islam

Author : Emmanuel Azzopardi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121410448

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Coinage of the Crusaders and the World of Islam by Emmanuel Azzopardi Pdf

"The Coinage of the Crusaders and the World of Islam covers an extensive selection of coins of the Crusades of Edessa, Antioch, Tripoli and Jerusalem and other numismatic areas including the coins of Islam. This encyclopedic book includes illustrations of over 840 coins, each with short historical notes. To bridge Crusader-Islamic history and crusader numismatics, coins of the Seljuks, the Zengids of Mosul, the Seljuks of Rum, the Artuqids and the Ayyubids have been included, while the first chapter describes coins of the Islamic world before the First Crusade, such as the Moors of Spain, the Aghlabids and the Fatimids." "The book also describes and illustrates West European imported coins, some of which Byzantine gold coins as well as coins of the Norman Kings; and coins of the period following the Fourth Crusade of 1204 of Achaea, Athens and Epirus together with all other baronial issues. This work covers with meticulous detail coins of Cyprus, Armenia, Chios, Rhodes and Malta. A coin of each denomination and ruler is illustrated and described."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Andrew S. Ehrenkreutz
Publisher : Variorum Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015025260160

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Monetary Change and Economic History in the Medieval Muslim World by Andrew S. Ehrenkreutz Pdf

Andrew Ehrenkreutz is one of the scholars who have placed the study of monetary history of the medieval Middle East on a new footing, integrating numismatic research into the study of economic history. The present volume brings together all his major contributions to this subject. It opens with three essays presenting an overview of economic and monetary changes in the region, then continues with a series of detailed studies on its gold and silver coinages; in these Ehrenkreutz's work on standards of fineness broke new ground. The chronological focus of the volume is from the Umayyad period up to the Ayyubids, but particular emphasis is given to Egypt and to the impact of the Crusades on the monetary history of the Near East. A further set of articles investigates aspects of fiscal administration and the operation of the Cairo mint."

Author : Angeliki E. Laiou,Roy P. Mottahedeh
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0884022773

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The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim World by Angeliki E. Laiou,Roy P. Mottahedeh Pdf

The essays in this volume demonstrate that on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean there were rich, variegated, and important phenomena associated with the Crusades, and that a full understanding of the significance of the movement and its impact on both the East and West must take these phenomena into account.

Author : Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781476636658

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Coins and Currency by Mary Ellen Snodgrass Pdf

 During ancient times currency took varied forms, including beaver skins, bales of tobacco, and sea salt blocks. As art and technology advanced, monetary systems and currencies altered. Today, coins and currency provide an historical and archeological record of culture, religion, politics, and world leaders. This updated second edition offers numerous entries of historical commentary on the role of coins and currency in human events, politics, and the arts. It begins with the origin of coins in ancient Sumer, and follows advancements in metallurgy and minting machines to paper, plastic, and electronic moneys designed to ease trade and halt counterfeiting and other forms of theft. A timeline of monetary history is provided along with a glossary and bibliography. Numerous photographs of coins and bills provide an up-close look at beautiful and ingenious artifacts.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Book News Inc.
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781605850870

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Art Book News Annual, volume 4: 2008Art Book News Annual, volume 4: 2008 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Fuat Sezgin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Coins, Arab
ISBN : 3829880294

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المسكوكات العربية البيزنطية ومسكوكات الصليبيين العربية by Fuat Sezgin Pdf

Author : Carole Hillenbrand
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135956134

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The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives by Carole Hillenbrand Pdf

Coinciding with the 900th anniversary of the Crusades, this book is the first general introduction to some of the wider aspects of the history of the Crusades. Prepared by Carole Hillenbrand, a leading authority with a world-wide reputation, The The Crusade is unique in covering the Crusades from the Muslim perspective; it is also a timely reflection on how the phenomenon of the Crusades influenced the Muslim world, then and now--militarily, culturally, and psychologically. The Crusades discusses a group of themes designed to highlight how Muslims reacted to the alien presence of the Crusaders in the heart of traditional Muslim territory. Ideological concerns are examined, and the importance of the concept of jihad is assessed in the context of the gradual recovery of the Holy Land and the expulsion of the Crusaders. There are also chapters devoted to an analysis of the warfare--arms, battles, sieges, fortifications--on the basis of written sources and extant works of art. Also extensively discussed is the complex issue of the interaction between Muslims and Crusaders in a social, economic, and cultural setting. The epilogue traces the profound impact of the Crusades on Muslim consciousness up to the present day. The Crusades is also lavishly illustrated with 500 black-and-white pictures and two full color-plate sections.

Author : Francesco Gabrieli
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : 0520052242

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Arab Historians of the Crusades by Francesco Gabrieli Pdf

Seventeen authors are represented in the extracts in this work, which have been drawn from various types of historical writings. The excerpts are taken firstly from the general histories of the Muslim world, then from chronicles of cities, regions and their dynasties, and finally from biographies or records of the deeds of certain persons.

Author : Paul M. Cobb
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191625244

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The Race for Paradise by Paul M. Cobb Pdf

In 1099, when the first crusaders arrived triumphant and bloody before the walls of Jerusalem, they carved out a Christian European presence in the Islamic world that remained for centuries, bolstered by subsequent waves of new crusades and pilgrimages. But how did medieval Muslims understand these events? What does an Islamic history of the Crusades look like? The answers may surprise you. In The Race for Paradise, we see medieval Muslims managing this new and long-lived Crusader threat not simply as victims or as victors, but as everything in-between, on all shores of the Muslim Mediterranean, from Spain to Syria. This is not just a straightforward tale of warriors and kings clashing in the Holy Land - of military confrontations and enigmatic heroes such as the great sultan Saladin. What emerges is a more complicated story of border-crossers and turncoats; of embassies and merchants; of scholars and spies, all of them seeking to manage this new threat from the barbarian fringes of their ordered world. When seen from the perspective of medieval Muslims, the Crusades emerge as something altogether different from the high-flying rhetoric of the European chronicles: as a diplomatic chess-game to be mastered, a commercial opportunity to be seized, a cultural encounter shaping Muslim experiences of Europeans until the close of the Middle Ages - and, as so often happened, a political challenge to be exploited by ambitious rulers making canny use of the language of jihad.

Author : Archibald Ross Lewis
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 0253347874

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Nomads and Crusaders, A.D. 1000-1368 by Archibald Ross Lewis Pdf

"[A] fine, arresting book with a clear and novel thesis and a firm grasp of geography. Good stuff, in short . . . strongly recommended." -William H. McNeill

Author : Adrian Boas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317408321

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The Crusader World by Adrian Boas Pdf

The Crusader World is a multidisciplinary survey of the current state of research in the field of crusader studies, an area of study which has become increasingly popular in recent years. In this volume Adrian Boas draws together an impressive range of academics, including work from renowned scholars as well as a number of though-provoking pieces from emerging researchers, in order to provide broad coverage of the major aspects of the period. This authoritative work will play an important role in the future direction of crusading studies. This volume enriches present knowledge of the crusades, addressing such wide-ranging subjects as: intelligence and espionage, gender issues, religious celebrations in crusader Jerusalem, political struggles in crusader Antioch, the archaeological study of battle sites and fortifications, diseases suffered by the crusaders, crusading in northern Europe and Spain and the impact of Crusader art. The relationship between Crusaders and Muslims, two distinct and in many way opposing cultures, is also examined in depth, including a discussion of how the Franks perceived their enemies. Arranged into eight thematic sections, The Crusader World considers many central issues as well as a large number of less familiar topics of the crusades, crusader society, history and culture. With over 100 photographs, line drawings and maps, this impressive collection of essays is a key resource for students and scholars alike.

Author : W B Bartlett
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752496566

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Islam's War Against the Crusaders by W B Bartlett Pdf

The Crusades continue to exert a fascination in the West as a story of perceived gallantry and battles against impossible odds. Yet what is less often considered is their effect on the Holy Land, and in particular the response of the Muslim world to the invasions of European Crusaders. In this book, W. B. Bartlett, author of four books on the Crusades, looks at these great events from the Muslim point of view. One of the effects was to unite a previously divided Islamic world against a common enemy. In the process, they gave an unstoppable impetus towards the declaring of jihad against the West, a holy war against Christendom. They also helped to shape the careers of some important figures, most notably Saladin, but also other great men like Sultan Baibars and Nur al-Din. The rise of these great leaders is traced in this book, as are the many great battles that were fought by men just as devoted to their cause as the Crusaders were.

Author : Malcolm Lambert
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847659279

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Crusade and Jihad by Malcolm Lambert Pdf

Malcolm Lambert investigates the histories of Christianity and Islam to trace the origins and development of crusade and jihad. In a narrative that brims with larger than life characters - among them, Richard Lionheart, Nur al-Din, Saladin, Baybars and Ghengiz Khan - he describes the fiercely fought struggles to control the sacred places of the Middle East between the seventh and thirteenth centuries. Crusade and jihad are often reckoned two sides of the same coin but this simple opposition, the author shows, conceals crucial differences and similarities. From the outset jihad reflected tensions within as much as outside Islam. Jihad also described the struggle between good and evil in the souls of believers. Calls for crusade and jihad disguised ambitions for power and plunder, but they also equally inspired acts of chivalry and heroism. Malcolm Lambert then moves to the more recent history of jihad and crusade. In nineteenth-century France he finds imperialism configured as a crusade to enlighten the barbarians. Meanwhile in Britain one of the crusading orders transformed itself into the St John Ambulance Brigade. More recently in the USA crusade has been evoked in the war on terror while jihad is now the rallying cry for Islamic extremists round the world. Yet, Dr Lambert notes, it still retains its peaceful spiritual dimension. Crusade and Jihad is a vivid, balanced account of two of the most powerful forces of history.

Author : Robert Houghton,Damien Peters
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351351256

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The Crusades by Robert Houghton,Damien Peters Pdf

For many centuries, the history of the crusades, as written by Western historians, was based solidly on Western sources. Evidence from the Islamic societies that the crusaders attacked was used only sparingly – in part because it was hard for most westerners to read, and in part because much of it was inaccessible even for historians who did speak Arabic. Carole Hillenbrand set out to re-evaluate the sources for the crusading period, not only looking with fresh eyes at known accounts, but also locating and utilizing new sources that had previously been overlooked. Her work involved her in conducting extensive evaluations of the new sources, assessing their arguments, their evidence, and their reasoning in order to assess their value and (using the critical thinking skill of analysis, a powerful method for understanding how arguments are built) to place them correctly in the context of crusade studies as a whole. The result is not only a history that is more balanced, better argued and more adequate than most that have gone before it, but also a work with relevance for today. At a time when crusading imagery and mentions of the current War on Terror as a ‘crusade’ help to fuel political narrative, Hillenbrand's evaluative work acts as an important corrective to oversimplification and misrepresentation.

Author : Emran Qureshi,Michael Anthony Sells
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231126670

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The New Crusades by Emran Qureshi,Michael Anthony Sells Pdf

In these essays, twelve of the most influential thinkers in Middle Eastern and religious studies examine the idea of an emergent "Cold War" between Islam and the West and fears of an ongoing "clash of civilizations"--Cover 4.