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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826980203321

Titolo

Arab historians of the Crusades / / selected and translated from the Arabic sources by Francesco Gabrieli ; translated from the Italian by E.J. Costello

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

9780203092507 (Ebook)

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Altri autori (Persone)

CostelloE. J

GabrieliFrancesco <1904-1996.>

Disciplina

909.07

Soggetti

Crusades

Historians, Arab

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in English in 1969 by Routledge & Kegan Paul plc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE01; COPYRIGHT01; TITLE02; COPYRIGHT02; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; TRANSLATOR'S NOTE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE; THE AUTHORS AND WORKS; PART ONE: FROM GODFREY TO SALADIN; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; PART TWO: SALADIN AND THE THIRD CRUSADE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; PART THREE: THE AYYUBIDS AND THE INVASION OF EGYPT; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE

PART FOUR: THE MAMLUKS AND THE LIQUIDATION OF THE CRUSADERSCHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The recapture of Jerusalem, the siege of acre, the fall of Tripoli, the effect in Baghdad of events in Syria; these and other happenings were faithfully recorded by Arab historians during the two centuries of the Crusades. First published in English in 1969, this book presents 'the other side' of the Holy War, offering the first English translation of contemporary Arab accounts of the fighting between Muslim and Christian. Extracts are drawn from seventeen different authors encompassing a multitude of sources:The general histories of the Muslim world, The chronic