Encountering Islam on the First Crusade

AvNicholas Morton

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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The First Crusade (1095-9) has often been characterised as a head-to-head confrontation between the forces of Christianity and Islam. For many, it is the campaign that created a lasting rupture between these two faiths. Nevertheless, is such a characterisation borne out by the sources? Engagingly written and supported by a wealth of evidence, Encountering Islam on the First Crusade offers a major reinterpretation of the crusaders' attitudes towards the Arabic and Turkic peoples they encountered on their journey to Jerusalem. Nicholas Morton considers how they interpreted the new peoples, civilizations and landscapes they encountered; sights for which their former lives in Western Christendom had provided little preparation. Morton offers a varied picture of cross cultural relations, depicting the Near East as an arena in which multiple protagonists were pitted against each other. Some were fighting for supremacy, others for their religion, and many simply for survival.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-12-21
Mått:152 x 230 x 16 mm
Vikt:450 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:332
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108444866

Utforska kategorier

Islam inom Filosofi och religion
Särskilda krig och fälttåg inom Historia och arkeologi
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Nicholas Morton is a lecturer in history at Nottingham Trent University. He is the author of many works on the crusades and the military orders, including The Medieval Military Orders, 1120-1314 (2012) and The Teutonic Knights in the Holy Land, 1190-1291 (2009). He also edits two books series in this field: Rulers of the Latin East and The Military Religious Orders: History, Sources, and Memory.

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'… essential reading for those interested in what the first crusaders thought of their enemies. … Morton's approach to his research is methodical and meticulous, making careful and comprehensive use of the sources, but without being unadventurous or plodding … The result is a thorough, wide-ranging, incisive study that opens up new lines of research, poses thought-provoking challenges to conventional wisdom, and offers novel and convincing interpretations of the source material. I recommend it highly to students and scholars of the crusades, as well as interested laypersons.' Niall Christie, The Medieval Review

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. Predicates; 2. The launch of the First Crusade; 3. The First Crusade and the conquest of Jerusalem; 4. Aftermath; 5. The impact of the crusade; Bibliography; Index.

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