Crusaders and Muslims in Twelfth-Century Syria / / edited by Shatzmiller.

• Superior document: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 1
• TeilnehmendeR: Shatzmiller,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1993.
• Year of Publication: 1993
• Language: English
• Series: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes one contribution in French.; Papers presented at a conference held Nov. 1988, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.

This volume brings together papers by Crusades' experts from England, France, Canada and the United States discussing the confrontation between the Franks and Muslims in twelfth-century Syria, balancing the traditional European view with an Islamic perspective. Each author's individual contribution lies in the new ideas and insights to a particular topic such as new interpretations in Crusade studies, Latin jurists in the Levant, the Italian colonies, propagation of violence and propaganda, the role of individual popes, the impact on Islamic society as reflected in literature, religious propaganda, and diplomatic relations.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Maya Shatzmiller -- 1. History, the Crusades and the Latin East, 1095-1204: A Personal View -- Jonathan Riley-Smith 1 -- 2. Latin Jurists in the Levant: The Legal Elite of the Crusader States -- James A. Brundage 18 -- 3. Communes italiennes, pouvoir et habitants des Etats Francs de Syrie-Palestine au XIIe siecle -- Michel Balard 43 -- 4. The Lord's War as the Proving Ground of Faith: Pope Innocent III and the Propagation of Violence (1198-1216) -- John Gilchrist 65 -- 5. 'O God, the heathen have come into your inheritance' (Ps. 78.1): The Theme of Religious Pollution in Crusade Documents, 1095-1188 -- Penny Cole 84 -- 6. Alexander III and the Jerusalem Crusade: An Overview of Problems and Failures -- John G. Rowe 112 -- 7. Imad al-Din al-Isfahani: Administrator, Litterateur and Historian -- Donald S. Richards 133 -- 8. The Crusading Stratum in the Arabic Hero Cycles -- Malcolm C. Lyons 147 -- 9. The Reaction of the Syrian Muslims after the Foundation of the first Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem -- Nikita Elisseeff 162 -- 10. Propaganda and Faction in the Kingdom of Jerusalem: The Background to Hattin -- Peter W. Edbury 173 -- 11. Diplomatic Relations Between Muslim and Frankish Rulers 1097-1153 A.D. -- Hadia Dajani-Shakeel 190 -- Abbreviations 216 -- Bibliography 217 -- Index 233.