Syria In Crusader Times

Author : Carole Hillenbrand
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474429726

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Presenting numerous interconnected insights into life in Greater Syria in the twelfth century, this book covers a wide range of themes relating to Crusader-Muslim relations. Some chapters deal with various literary sources, including little-known Crusader chronicles, a jihad treatise, a lost Muslim history of the Franks, biographies, letters and poems. Other chapters look at material culture, from coins to urban development, internal relations between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims and between Crusader and Oriental Christians, and the role of the Turkmen. New insights into the career of Saladin are revealed, for example through the work of a little-known propagandist at his court, and Saladin's use of gift-giving for political purposes, as well as neglected aspects of the rule of his family dynasty, the Ayyubids, which succeeded him. Special attention is paid to the Christians residing in the Middle East, from Italians to Melkites and Armenians.

Author : Carole Hillenbrand
Publisher : EUP
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-17
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : 147442970X

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Syria in Crusader Times by Carole Hillenbrand Pdf

Presenting numerous interconnected insights into life in Greater Syria in the twelfth century, this book covers a wide range of themes relating to Crusader-Muslim relations. Some chapters deal with various literary sources, including little-known Crusader chronicles, a jihad treatise, a lost Muslim history of the Franks, biographies, letters and poems. Other chapters look at material culture, from coins to urban development, internal relations between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims and between Crusader and Oriental Christians, and the role of the Turkmen. New insights into the career of Saladin are revealed, for example through the work of a little-known propagandist at his court, and Saladin's use of gift-giving for political purposes, as well as neglected aspects of the rule of his family dynasty, the Ayyubids, which succeeded him. Special attention is paid to the Christians residing in the Middle East, from Italians to Melkites and Armenians.

Author : Janet Shirley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351947114

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Crusader Syria in the Thirteenth Century by Janet Shirley Pdf

The Old French ’Rothelin’ Continuation of William of Tyre’s Historia provides one of the best contemporary narratives of the history of the crusades and of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in the mid-thirteenth century. Covering the period 1229-61, it has vivid accounts of the disastrous expeditions led by Count Theobald of Champagne (1239-40) and King Louis IX of France (1248-54) as well as of other events in the East. But the text contains far more than this, with a detailed description of Jerusalem itself, songs of protest written by crusaders, and a variety of marvels and adventures, including stories of Alexander the Great, and the poisonous snakes encountered by the Roman army under Cato. This text is here translated into English for the first time, together with a narrative for the same years taken from another Old French Continuation of William of Tyre’s work, part of L’Estoire de Eracles. Both accounts are translated from the Receuil des historiens des croisades: Historiens occidentaux vol. 2 (Paris, 1859). An introduction and full notes make these thirteenth-century events and ideas accessible to students of medieval history and to anyone interested in the lives and patterns of thought of people of that time.

Author : Maya Shatzmiller
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9004097775

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Crusaders and Muslims in Twelfth-Century Syria by Maya Shatzmiller Pdf

Eleven distinguished contributors have produced essays which deal with the organisation of the crusade in Europe, internal developments in the Crusader Levant, issues of the contemporary Muslim East, and Crusader-Muslim confrontation in twelfth-century Syria. Some break new ground entirely, for instance Malcolm Lyons' investigations of the Arab Hero cycles and Penny Cole's work on Crusader preaching. Others offer important new perspectives on well-known themes: Jonathan Riley-Smith on Crusader ideology and Peter Edbury's revisionist view of the events leading up to the battle of Hattin. Still others offer important overviews which will be appreciated by a broad readership of medieval historians.

Author : James Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1399503170

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Medieval Syria and the Onset of the Crusades by James Wilson Pdf

Surveys a turbulent chapter of Syrian history from multiple perspectives, recalibrating the underlying power dynamics of the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries.

Author : W. B. Stevenson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107669093

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The Crusaders in the East by W. B. Stevenson Pdf

This book provides a history of the political relations between the states founded by Crusaders and the Islamic states with which they waged war.

Author : William Barron Stevenson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019404663

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The Crusaders in the East by William Barron Stevenson Pdf

The Crusaders in the East is a concise history of the military campaigns between the Latin and Islamic armies in Syria during the 11th and 12th centuries. The book summarizes the main events of each campaign and provides an overview of the key actors and forces involved. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of the Crusades and the interaction between Christianity and Islam in the Middle Ages. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Janet Shirley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015042765969

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Crusader Syria in the Thirteenth Century by Janet Shirley Pdf

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The continuations of William of Tyre -- Manuscripts -- Content of the Rothelin text -- Content of the Eracles or Acre text -- Reliability of the texts -- Notes on the translation -- Names of people and places -- Bibliography -- Maps and Plans -- Plan of Jerusalem -- Map of the Holy Land -- Egypt, Arabia and part of Palestine -- The Rothelin Continuation -- The Eracles or Acre Continuation -- Index

Author : Elizabeth Pauline MacCallum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Mandates
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081423068

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The Nationalist Crusade in Syria by Elizabeth Pauline MacCallum Pdf

Author : Christopher MacEvitt
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0812202694

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The Crusades and the Christian World of the East by Christopher MacEvitt Pdf

In the wake of Jerusalem's fall in 1099, the crusading armies of western Christians known as the Franks found themselves governing not only Muslims and Jews but also local Christians, whose culture and traditions were a world apart from their own. The crusader-occupied swaths of Syria and Palestine were home to many separate Christian communities: Greek and Syrian Orthodox, Armenians, and other sects with sharp doctrinal differences. How did these disparate groups live together under Frankish rule? In The Crusades and the Christian World of the East, Christopher MacEvitt marshals an impressive array of literary, legal, artistic, and archeological evidence to demonstrate how crusader ideology and religious difference gave rise to a mode of coexistence he calls "rough tolerance." The twelfth-century Frankish rulers of the Levant and their Christian subjects were separated by language, religious practices, and beliefs. Yet western Christians showed little interest in such differences. Franks intermarried with local Christians and shared shrines and churches, but they did not hesitate to use military force against Christian communities. Rough tolerance was unlike other medieval modes of dealing with religious difference, and MacEvitt illuminates the factors that led to this striking divergence. "It is commonplace to discuss the diversity of the Middle East in terms of Muslims, Jews, and Christians," MacEvitt writes, "yet even this simplifies its religious complexity." While most crusade history has focused on Christian-Muslim encounters, MacEvitt offers an often surprising account by examining the intersection of the Middle Eastern and Frankish Christian worlds during the century of the First Crusade.

Author : William Barron Stevenson
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230241841

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The Crusaders in the East; a Brief History of the Wars of Islam with the Latins in Syria During the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by William Barron Stevenson Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER I. FIRST CRUSADE; JERUSALEM AND TRIPOLIS, A.d. 1099-n19. The situation in Syria at the time of the Latin invasion cannot well be explained without some reference to the general condition of the Moslem East. Islam was at first a bond of political as well as of religious unity. The caliphs of Mekka succeeded to the secular and spiritual position of the Prophet Mohammed (a.d. 632). But the countries over which they claimed authority were as difficult to unite as Europe itself. Natural divisions of land and race favoured separation. The inherent authority of the caliphs was "spiritual" and therefore liable to become that and nothing more. Disputes arose regarding the legitimate line of succession, and these opened the way for schism. The combined effect is manifest in the time o _the Abbasite caliphs. They ruled in Bagdad from the year 750AJ5. and ger _at nr, tirng sovereigns of all Tslam as their predecessors had been. Within a hundred years their power was in process of decay. Private ambitions and the aspirations of conquered races sheltered themselves behind the claims of the rival line which traced its descent from 'Ali. It was in North Africa, about the beginning of tbe_ I2lh_century, that a rival caliphate actually established itself, that of the Fatimites. 'About Q7fr Ain Fgypf was conquered by these new caliphs. The greater part of Syria, also, soon passed into their hands, and continued theirs until, .the Turkish conquest. At the same time the power of the Abbasite caliphs in Bagdad passed to foreign dynasties DEGREES who acknowledged only their spiritual supremacy. In the 1 ith century the Moslem East was united by another power than that of the caliphs. The first Turkish empire was established by the Seljuk Turks. From...

Author : William Barron Stevenson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1333818181

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Excerpt from The Crusaders in the East: A Brief History of the Wars of Islam With the Latins in Syria During the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries The writer owes his interest in the subject of this volume, and his conception of the history of the crusades as part of the history of the Moslem east, to the late Sir William Muir, As Principal of Edinburgh University he pointed out the Opportunity for research in this department and in response to his invitation the present writer was the author of a University Prize Essay on the subject. The list of books on pages 3 72 - 376 may be regarded as an acknowledgment of the writer's debt to the modern authors who are there mentioned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Thomas Asbridge
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849837705

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The Crusades by Thomas Asbridge Pdf

'Asbridge can't help but tell a ripping yarn, often breezily dramatic, whipping the narrative along' The Times A superb and definitive one-volume account of the Crusades, the impact of which still resonates to this day. In the eleventh century, a vast Christian army, summoned to holy war by the Pope, rampaged through the Muslim world of the eastern Mediterranean, seizing possession of Jerusalem, a city revered by both faiths. Over the two hundred years that followed this First Crusade, Islam and the West fought for dominion of the Holy Land, clashing in a succession of chillingly brutal wars, both firm in the belief that they were at God's work. The Crusades tells the story of this epic struggle from the perspective of both Christians and Muslims, reconstructing the experiences and attitudes of those on either side of the conflict. Mixing pulsing narrative and piercing insight, it exposes the full horror, passion and barbaric grandeur of the crusading era. ‘A dramatic and powerful look at both sides of the story’ Sunday Times 'A compelling narrative... A masterful conclusion' Observer

Author : Hugh Kennedy
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047417460

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Muslim Military Architecture in Greater Syria by Hugh Kennedy Pdf

This book investigates the Muslim castles of greater Syria from c.700 to c.1700 from archaeological and historical perspectives.

Author : William Barron Stevenson
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1293706957

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The Crusaders in the East by William Barron Stevenson Pdf

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