The Crusades : Islamic perspectives /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hillenbrand, Carole
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2000.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Yasir Suleiman
  • 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
  • Prologue
  • The first crusade and the Muslim's initial reactions to the coming of the Franks
  • Jihad in the period 493-569/1100-1174
  • Jihad in the period from the death of Nur al-Din until the fall of Acre (569-690/1174-1291)
  • How the Muslims saw the Franks : ethnic and religious stereotypes
  • Aspects of life in the Levant in the crusading period
  • Armies, arms, armour and fortifications
  • The conduct of war
  • Epilogue The heritage of the crusades.