The Crusades : : Islamic Perspectives / / Carole Hillenbrand.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Hillenbrand, Carole,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (704 p.) :; 135 B/W illustrations 17 colour illustrations

The first book to examine the Crusades from the perspective of the Islamic defendersFollowing the 900th anniversary of the Crusader capture of Jerusalem, it is now time to reflect on how the phenomenon of the Crusades influenced the Muslim world, then and now: militarily, culturally and psychologically. Carole Hillenbrand discusses a group of themes that highlight how Muslims reacted to the alien presence of the Crusaders in the heart of traditional Muslim territory. She examines ideological concerns and the importance of the jihad in the context of the gradual recovery of the Holy Land and the expulsion of the Crusaders. Views the Crusades almost entirely through the prism of medieval Muslim sources, providing a counterbalance to centuries of Eurocentric scholarship in this fieldTwo chapters are devoted to an analysis of warfare – arms, battles, sieges, fortifications and the neglected aspect of the prominence – on the basis of written sources and extant works of artDeals with the complex issue of the interaction between Muslims and Crusaders in a social, economic and cultural settingOutlines the profound impact of the Crusades on Muslim consciousness until the present day

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Expanded Contents List -- List of Colour Plates -- List of Half tone Plates -- List of Figures -- Preface by Yasir Suleiman -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliteration and Translations -- Note on the Illustrations -- Glossary of Islamic Terms -- Glossary of Arabic Military Terms -- Chronological List of Major Medieval Islamic Authors Mentioned in the Text -- Chronological Table of Important Events until the Fall of Acre in 690/1291 -- Dynastic Tables -- Key to Abbreviations Used in the Text -- Sources for the Illustrations -- Chapter 1: Prologue -- Chapter 2: The First Crusade and the Muslims’ Initial Reactions to the Coming of the Franks -- Chapter 3: Jihad in the Period 493–569/1100–1174 -- Chapter 4: Jihad in the Period from the Death of Nur al-Din until the Fall of Acre (569–690/1174–1291) -- Chapter 5: How the Muslims Saw the Franks: Ethnic and Religious Stereotypes -- Chapter 6: Aspects of Life in the Levant in the Crusading Period -- Chapter 7: Armies, Arms, Armour and Fortifications -- Chapter 8: The Conduct of War -- Chapter 9: Epilogue: The Heritage of the Crusades -- Bibliography -- Index