The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 29/04/1989 - 320 páginas
The author has combed the works of contemporary Arab chronicles of the Crusades, eyewitnesses and often participants. He retells their story and offers insights into the historical forces that shape Arab and Islamic consciousness today.
 

Índice

PART ONE INVASION 10961100
1
The Franj Arrive
3
An Accursed Maker of Armour
19
The Cannibals of Maarra
37
PART TWO OCCUPATION 11001128
57
Tripolis Two Thousand Days
59
TurbanClad Resistance
82
PART THREE RIPOSTE 11281146
107
The Rush for the Nile
159
The Tears of Saladin
176
PART FIVE REPRIEVE 11871244
201
The Perfect and the Just
218
PART SIX EXPULSION 12441291
233
God Grant That They Never Set Foot
247
Epilogue
261
Notes and Sources
267

The Damascus Conspiracies
109
An Emir Among Barbarians
123
PART FOUR VICTORY 11461187
141
Nūr alDin the SaintKing
143
Chronology
277
A Note on Pronunciation
285
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AMIN MAALOUF was director of the weekly international edition of the leading Beirut daily an-Nahar, and was also editor-on-chief of Jeune Afrique.

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