Histoire des croisades et du royaume franc de Jérusalem.T.I: 1095-1130. L'anarchie musulmane

La croisade fut un mouvement prêché par les papes, relayé par les prédicateurs (saint Bernard, Pierre l'Ermite...) et soutenu par un élan populaire qui relança l'intérêt de l'Occident chrétien pour Jérusalem et la Terre sainte. Autant initiative d'ordre religieux qu'aventure ...

A faithful sea

the religious cultures of the Mediterranean, 1200-1700

Distinctive both in scope and approach, "A Faithful Sea" addresses a wide array of cases of Mediterranean interreligious tradition and identity in the Medieval and Early Modern periods. It features contributions from leading specialists on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Between Islam and Byzantium

Aght'amar and the visual construction of medieval armenian rulership

"Between Islam and Byzantium" provides the first complete analysis of the development of the visual expression of medieval Armenian rulership during the years 884-1045 CE. During this period, the Armenian rulers had loosened the ties that subjected them to the Arab caliphate, but by its ...

Medieval cuisine of the Islamic World

a concise history with 174 recipes

Vinegar and sugar, dried fruit, rose water, spices from India and China, sweet wine made from raisins and dates--these are the flavors of the golden age of Arab cuisine. This book, a delightful culinary adventure that is part history and part cookbook, surveys the gastronomical ...

Fighting for the faith

the many fronts of Medieval Crusade and Jihad 1000-1500 AD

Fighting between Christians and Muslims in the medieval period is often seen in the narrow context of the battle for the Holy Land. Other points of conflict tend to be ignored. But, as David Nicolle's thought- provoking survey shows, the religions clashed across the ...

The sepulchre of Christ and the medieval west

from the beginning to 1600

The tomb of Christ at Jerusalem was a vital influence in the making of Western Europe. Pilgrimage there influenced the development of society and its structures. The desire to 'bring the Sepulchre to the West' in copies or memorials shaped art and religion, while the ...

Les Templiers

histoire et légendes

Cet ouvrage n'est pas un livre de plus sur les mystères templiers. Aujourd'hui, sept cents ans après leur procès, les Templiers, prestigieux moines-soldats, continuent d'étonner par leur aventure et suscitent toujours nombre d'affabulations et de légendes. Car il existe bien une ...

The Crusades, the Kingdom of Sicily, and the Mediterranean

In this collection of studies by James Powell, two related centres of attention can be seen. One is the campaigns undertaken by western Europeans in the eastern Mediterranean, chiefly in the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries - the Crusades - the reasons for them and manner in ...

Atardeceres rojos

cuatro vidas entre el islam y la cristiandad en la época de las cruzadas

En los siglos XI y XII se produjeron los principales encuentros y desencuentros entre el Islam y la cristiandad: los primeros dieron paso a un incremento de las relaciones culturales y científicas, que fomentaron entre otras cosas, escuelas de traductores en Toledo, Murcia o Palermo ...

The chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the crusading period from al-Kamil fi'l-ta'rikh. Part.2.

The years 541-589/1146-1193: the age of Nur al-Din and Saladin

CONTENTS: Preface. Introduction. The Chronicle. Bibliographical references. Index.

Un croisé contre Saladin

Renaud de Châtillon

Dans la lutte entre les chrétiens de Terre sainte et les musulmans conduits par Nûr ad-Dîn, puis Saladin, Renaud de Châtillon, prince d'Antioche puis seigneur d'Outre-Jourdain, un nouveau venu, est un " héros " paradoxal. Sa méconnaissance d'un Orient complexe et sa brutalité lui ...

Byzantines and crusaders in non-greek sources, 1025-1204

These essays survey the range of historical sources from the peoples who collided with the Byzantine Empire during this period of dramatic upheaval. The Empire that had been expanded and consolidated by Basil II (d. 1025) was to disintegrate in the face of incursions from ...

The Seventh Crusade, 1244-1254

sources and documents

The Seventh Crusade, led by King Louis IX of France, was the last major expedition for the recovery of the Holy Land actually to reach the Near East. The failure of his invasion of Egypt (1249-50), followed by his four-year stay in Palestine in order ...

Making war in the name of God

Based on exhaustive research and written with an unflinching, unbiased eye toward revealing the often painful truth, this book unveils humanitys ancient habit of sanctifying bloodshed--and exposes a past that seems doomed to repeat itself.

Crusader warfare. Vol. II.

Muslims, monglos and the struggle against the Crusades, 1050- 1300 AD

This second volume of "Crusader Warfare" focuses on those non-Christian cultures which were most directly involved in the Crusades. Centering on the Islamic world, the Mongol "World Empire", its fragmented successor states and certain other non-Christian cultures David Nicolle presents many fascinating aspects of warfare ...

Teutonic Knight

1190-1561

Illustrated by Graham Turner The Military Order of Teutonic Knights was one of the three most famous Crusading Orders, on a par with the Templars and the Hospitallers. Originally focusing on the preservation of the Crusader States in the Middle East, after the loss of ...

The Scandinavian Baltic Crusades 1100-1500

Illustrated by A. McBride This book describes and illustrates the armour, weapons, fortifications and ships of one of the least-known phases of the Medieval Crusades - the expeditions by Scandinavian Catholics against the pagan peoples to the east of the Baltic Sea, and their subsequent clashes ...

The seventh crusade, 1244-1254

sources and documents

The Seventh Crusade, led by King Louis IX of France, was the last major expedition for the recovery of the Holy Land actually to reach the Near East. This volume comprises translations of the principal documents and of extracts from narrative sources - both Muslim and ...

Fighting for the faith

the many fronts of Medieval Crusade and Jihad 1000-1500 AD

Fighting between Christians and Muslims in the medieval period is often seen in the narrow context of the battle for the Holy Land. Other points of conflict tend to be ignored. But, as David Nicolle's thought- provoking survey shows, the religions clashed across the ...

Le saint chez le sultan.

La rencontre de François d'Assise et de l'islam: huit siècles d'interprétation

En 1219, dans le cadre de la cinquième croisade, François d'Assise rend visite au sultan Malik al-Kâmil. Cette rencontre du christianisme et de l'islam n'a cessé depuis huit siècles de nourrir interprétations et représentations. Des discours hagiographiques à Benoît XVI en passant ...