Islam and the Crusades
Collected Papers
Collects 20 papers on the Crusades by one of the world’s leading experts on medieval Islamic history
- Traces the evolution of scholarship on the Crusades over several decades
- Includes many papers located in out-of-print or hard-to-find works
- Includes a preface that outlines Professor Hillenbrand's interest in the Crusades over the course of her career, and an index of names, places and terms
The papers collected in Islam and the Crusades showcase multiple perspectives, especially as viewed from the Muslim side. The volume explores the distinctive nature of Islamic jihad as expressed in poetry, sermons and inscriptions; the development of the counter-crusade; and the careers of major Muslim leaders including Zengi and Saladin.
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Preface
- Some Medieval Islamic Approaches to Source Material: The Evidence of a Twelfth-century Chronicle
- A Neglected Episode of the Reconquista: A Christian Success in the Second Crusade
- Jihad Propaganda in Syria from the Time of the First Crusade until the Death of Zengi: The Evidence of Monumental Inscriptions
- The First Crusade: The Muslim Perspective
- Abominable Acts: The Career of Zengi
- Sultanates: Ayyubids
- Some Reflections on the Imprisonment of Reynald of Châtillon
- Some Reflections on the Use of the Qur’an in Monumental Inscriptions in Syria and Palestine in the 12th and 13th Centuries
- The Legacy of the Crusades
- The Evolution of the Saladin Legend in the West
- Ayyubids
- Ayyubid Jerusalem – A Historical Introduction
- Jihad Poetry in the Age of the Crusades
- The Shi‘is of Aleppo in the Zengid Period: Some Unexploited Textual and Epigraphic Evidence
- A Short History of Jihad
- Muslim Jerusalem, the Crusades, and the Career of Saladin
- The Holy Land in the Crusader and Ayyubid Periods, 1099-1250
- The Assassins in Fact and Fiction. The Old Man of the Mountain
- Saladin’s Spin Doctors
- The Sultan, the Kaiser, the Colonel and the Purloined Wreath
Original Sources and Page Numbers of the Items in this VolumeIndex
Offers afresh the Muslim perspective of the Crusades and will prove a handy tool for students, scholars, and those interested in the subject.
