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Record Nr.

UNINA9910861051003321

Autore

Christie Niall

Titolo

Muslims and crusaders : Christianity's wars in the Middle East, 1095-1382, from the Islamic sources / / Niall Christie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2020

ISBN

1-351-00734-3

1-351-00736-X

1-351-00735-1

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 pages)

Collana

Seminar studies in history

Disciplina

909.07

Soggetti

Crusades

Islam - Relations - Christianity - History - To 1500

Christianity and other religions - Islam - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

The Muslim World before the Crusades -- The First Crusade and the Muslim Response, 1095-1146 -- Nurturing Enthusiasm for the Jihad, 1146-1174 -- Victory and Stalemate, 1174-1193 -- Making War in the Levant -- Making Peace in the Levant -- The Successors of Saladin, 1193-1249 -- The Mamluks, 1249-1382 -- Documents.

Sommario/riassunto

"Muslims and Crusaders combines chronological narrative, discussion of important areas of scholarly enquiry and evidence from Islamic primary sources to give a well-rounded survey of Christianity's wars in the Middle East, 1095-1382. Revised, expanded and updated to take account of the most recent scholarship, this second edition enables readers to achieve a broader and more complete perspective on the crusading period by presenting the crusades from the viewpoints of those against whom they were waged, the Muslim peoples of the Levant. Engaging with a wide range of translated primary source documents, including chronicles, dynastic histories, religious and legal texts, and poetry, Muslims and Crusaders is ideal for students and historians of the crusades"--