Jerusalem : : The Holy City in the Eyes of Chroniclers, Visitors, Pilgrims, and Prophets from the Days of Abraham to the Beginnings of Modern Times / / Francis Edward Peters.
This remarkable portrayal of Jerusalem has become a favorite of many readers interested in this city's dramatic past. Through a collection of firsthand accounts, we see Jerusalem as it appeared through the centuries to a fascinating variety of observers--Jews, Christians, Muslims, and secularis...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©1985 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (672 p.) :; 8 color photos, 48 halftones, 12 b&w illustrations, 5 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Holy Land, Holy City
- 2. Jews and Greeks in Jerusalem
- 3. Not a Stone Upon a Stone: The Destruction of the Holy City
- 4. Mother of All the Churches
- 5. The Holy House: The Muslims Come to Jerusalem
- 6. The Uncertain Glory: Jerusalem Under the Abbasids and Fatimids, A.D. 750–1000
- 7. The Coming of the Crusade
- 8. Jerusalem Under the Latin Cross
- 9. The Holy War of Islam
- 10. The Face of Medieval Jerusalem
- 11. Piety and Polemic: The Crusader Legacy in the Holy City
- 12. The End of the Middle Ages
- 13. Jerusalem Observed: The Medieval City Through Modern Eyes
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index