War and Society in the Eastern Mediterranean, 7th-15th Centuries / / edited by Ya'acov Lev.

• Superior document: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 9
• TeilnehmendeR: Lev, Ya'acov,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Series: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 9.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (424 pages)

This volume focusses on the interplay between war and society in the Eastern Mediterranean, in a period which witnessed the Arab conquests, the Seljuk invasion, the Crusades, and the Mongol incursions. The military aspects of these momentous events have not been fully discussed so far. For the first time this book offers a synthesis of trends in military technology and its effect on society in the period from the Arab conquests to the establishment of an Ottoman hegemony. War and Society in the Eastern Mediterranean provides for medievalists an Oriental context to the military aspects of the Crusades, and for scholars of both Middle Eastern and military history a coherent treatment of an important topic over a long period and covering many different cultures.

Table of Contents

Preface -- List of Abbreviations and Illustrations -- Contributors -- Introduction 1 -- 1. Arms of the Umayyad Era: Military Technology in a Time of Change -- David Nicolle 9 -- 2. Some Administrative, Military and Socio-Political Aspects of Early Muslim Egypt -- Khalil 'Athamina 101 -- 3. Regime, Army and Society in Medieval Egypt, 9th-12th Centuries -- Yaacov Lev 115 -- 4. Personal Adversities of Jews during the Period of the Fatimid Wars in Eleventh Century Palestine -- Elinoar Bareket 153 -- 5. Technology and Success of the First Crusade -- John France 163 -- 6. Zwischen Joseph-Legende und Mahdi-Erwartung: Erfolge und Ziele Sultan Saladins im Spiegel zeitgenossicher Dichtung und Weissagung -- Hannes Mohring 177 -- 7. Kurdes et Turcs dans l'armee ayyoubide de Syrie du Nord -- Anne-Marie Edde 225 -- 8. The Impact of the Crusades on Rural Society and Religious Endowments: The Case of Medieval Syria (Bilad al-Sham) -- Yehoshua Frenkel 237 -- 9. Mongol Society and Military in the Middle East: Antecedents and Adaptations -- John Masson Smith, Jr. 249 -- 10. The Mamluk Officer Class During the Reign of Sultan Baybars -- Reuven Amitai-Preiss 267 -- 11. Les dernieres Batailles du grand emir Yasbak min Mahdi -- Bernadette Martel-Thoumian 301 -- 12. Gunpowder Weapons at the Siege of Constantinople, 1453 -- Kelly DeVries 343 -- 13. Ottoman Military Technology: the Metallurgy of Turkish Armour -- Alan Williams 363 -- 14. A Note on Hudna: Peace Making in Islam -- Gideon Weigert 399 -- Index 407.