Saladin : : Empire and Holy War / / Peter Gubser.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Gubser, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (467 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; LIST OF MAPS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER ONE. THE MIDDLE EAST IN SALADIN’S TIME --; CHAPTER TWO. THE EARLY YEARS: 1138–1164 --; CHAPTER THREE. CONQUEST OF EGYPT: 1164–1170 --; CHAPTER FOUR. CONSOLIDATION OF POWER IN EGYPT: 1170–1174 --; CHAPTER FIVE. INDEPENDENT EMPIRE: 1174–1176 --; CHAPTER SIX. EXPANSION AND CONSOLIDATION FROM EGYPT TO IRAQ: 1176–1182 --; CHAPTER SEVEN. EASTERN AND NORTHERN EMPIRE COMPLETED: 1182–1186 --; CHAPTER EIGHT. BATTLE OF HATTIN: 1187 --; CHAPTER NINE. JERUSALEM RECAPTURED: 1187 --; CHAPTER TEN. DEFEAT AND CONQUESTS: 1187–1189 --; CHAPTER ELEVEN. THE CRUSADERS RESPOND: 1189–1191 --; CHAPTER TWELVE. KINGS PHILIP AND RICHARD AND THE FALL OF ACRE: 1190–1191 --; CHAPTER THIRTEEN. STALEMATE: 1191–1192 --; CHAPTER FOURTEEN. BACK TO DAMASCUS: 1192–1193 --; CHAPTER FIFTEEN. SALADIN: AN ASSESSMENT --; MAPS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX OF AUTHORS --; INDEX OF PEOPLE --; INDEX OF PLACES
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463233235; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463233235
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Peter Gubser.

Saladin, the great twelfth century Middle East leader, not only created an empire, but also reduced the Crusader presence in the Holy Land. In a comprehensive manner and clear prose, Peter Gubser describes how Saladin rose to power, conquered lands, governed peoples, and raised armies. In addition, he clearly addresses Saladin’s imperial motives, a combination of ambition and devotion to the ideal of unity in Islam.