Medieval Muslim Historians and the Franks in the Levant

Medieval Muslim Historians and the Franks in the Levant
Author: Alex Mallett
Publsiher: BRILL
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2014-09-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789004280687

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In Medieval Muslim Historians and the Franks in the Levant seven leading scholars examine the historical writings of seven medieval Muslim historians whose works provide the core chronographical texts for reconstructing the events of the crusading period, 1097-1291. Each chapter examines the life of and influences on each historian, their overall writings, and their historical works related to the Crusades. Each historical text is examined for the current state of modern research, the sources and working method of the author, and its use and relevance for crusader studies and other fields of research. This volume will be of use to anyone studying the events of the Crusades, of Islamic History, or of Arabic Historiography in the medieval period. Contributors include: Frédéric Bauden, Niall Christie, Anne-Marie Eddé, Konrad Hirschler, Alex Mallett, and Françoise Micheau, Lutz Richter-Bernburg

Popular Muslim Reactions to the Franks in the Levant 1097 1291

Popular Muslim Reactions to the Franks in the Levant  1097   1291
Author: Alex Mallett
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2016-03-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781317077985

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The issue of Muslim reactions to the Franks has been an important part of studies of both the Crusades and Islamic History, but rarely the main focus. This book examines the reactions of the Muslims of the Levant to the arrival and presence of the Franks in the crusading period, 1097-1291, focussing on those outside the politico-military and religious elites. It provides a thematic overview of the various ways in which these 'non-elites' of Muslim society, both inside and outside of the Latin states, reacted to the Franks, arguing that it was they, as much as the more famous Muslim rulers, who were initiators of resistance to the Franks. This study challenges existing views of the Muslim reaction to the crusaders as rather slow and demonstrates that jihad against the Franks started as soon as they arrived. It further demonstrates the difference between the concepts of jihad and of Counter-Crusade, and highlights two distinct phases in the jihad against the Franks: the 'unofficial jihad' - that which occurred before uniting of religious and political classes - and the 'official jihad' - which happened after and due to this unification, and which has formed the basis of modern discussions. Finally, the study also argues that the Muslim non-elites who encountered the Franks did not always resist them, but at various times either helped or were unresisting to them, thus focussing attention away from conflict and onto cooperation. In considering Muslim reactions to the Franks in the context of wider discourses, this study also highlights aspects of the nature of Islamic society in Egypt and Syria in the medieval period, particularly the non-elite section of society, which is often ignored. The main conclusions also shed light on discourses of collaboration and resistance which are currently focussed almost exclusively on the modern period or the medieval west.

Arabic Textual Sources for the Crusades

Arabic Textual Sources for the Crusades
Author: Alexander Mallett
Publsiher: Muslim World in the Age of the
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-02-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004677585

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Building upon previous volumes by the same editor, this book contains studies of nine of the most important Arabic-language textual sources for the Crusades and the Frankish presence in the eastern Mediterranean in the period 1097-1291.

Popular Muslim Reactions to the Franks in the Levant 1097 1291

Popular Muslim Reactions to the Franks in the Levant  1097 1291
Author: Alexander Mallett
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2014
Genre: Christianity and other religions
ISBN: 1315601451

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Crusaders and Franks

Crusaders and Franks
Author: Benjamin Z. Kedar
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2022-03-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781351947053

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While research on the crusades tends increasingly to bifurcate into study of the crusade idea and the crusading expeditions, and study of the Frankish states the crusaders established in the Levant, Benjamin Kedar confirms-through the articles reproduced in this latest selection of his articles-his adherence to the school that endeavours to deal with both branches of research. Of the ten studies that deal with the crusading expeditions, one examines the maps that might have been available to the First Crusaders and their Muslim opponents, another discusses in detail the Jerusalem massacre of July 1099 and its place in Western historiography down to our days, a third sheds light on the largely neglected doings of the Fourth Crusaders who decided to sail to Acre rather than to Constantinople, while a fourth exposes unknown features of the well-known sculpture of the returning crusader-most probably Count Hugh I of Vaudémont- who is embracing his wife. Of the ten studies that deal with the Frankish Levant, one proposes a hypothesis on the composition stages of William of Tyre's chronicle, another provides new evidence on the Latin hermits who chose to live in the Frankish states, a third examines the catalogue of the library of the cathedral of Nazareth, while a fourth calls attention to convergences of Eastern Christians, Muslims and Franks in sacred spaces and offers a typology of such events, and a fifth proposes a methodology for the identification of trans-cultural borrowing in the Frankish Levant.

Crusaders and Muslims in Twelfth Century Syria

Crusaders and Muslims in Twelfth Century Syria
Author: Maya Shatzmiller
Publsiher: BRILL
Total Pages: 254
Release: 1993
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004097775

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Eleven distinguished contributors have produced essays which deal with the organisation of the crusade in Europe, internal developments in the Crusader Levant, issues of the contemporary Muslim East, and Crusader-Muslim confrontation in twelfth-century Syria. Some break new ground entirely, for instance Malcolm Lyons' investigations of the Arab Hero cycles and Penny Cole's work on Crusader preaching. Others offer important new perspectives on well-known themes: Jonathan Riley-Smith on Crusader ideology and Peter Edbury's revisionist view of the events leading up to the battle of Hattin. Still others offer important overviews which will be appreciated by a broad readership of medieval historians.

Franks and Crusades in Medieval Eastern Christian Historiography

Franks and Crusades in Medieval Eastern Christian Historiography
Author: Alex Mallett
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2020-10-05
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 2503565816

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This volume is an introduction to twelve of the main medieval Eastern Christian historians used by modern scholars to reconstruct the events and personalities of the crusading period in the Levant. Each of the chapters examines one historian and their work(s), and first contains an introductory examination of their life, background and influences. This is then followed by a study of their work(s) relevant to the Crusades, including the reasons for writing, themes, and methodology. Such an approach will allow modern researchers to better understand the background and contexts to these texts, and thus to reconstruct the past in a more nuanced and detailed way. Written by twelve world-leading scholars, and examining chronicles written in Armenian, Greek, Syriac, and Copto-Arabic, this book will be essential reading for anybody engaged in research on the Crusades, as well as Eastern Christian and Islamic history, and medieval historiography.

The Franks in the Levant 11th to 14th Centuries

The Franks in the Levant  11th to 14th Centuries
Author: B. Z. Ḳedar
Publsiher: Variorum Publishing
Total Pages: 342
Release: 1993
Genre: History
ISBN: UOM:39015032987631

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A study of the Franks in the Levant between the 11th and 14th centuries, before, during and after the crusades.