Saracen strongholds 1100-1500

the central and eastern islamic lands

Illustrated by Adam Hook. The Islamic world drew upon a myriad of pre-existing styles of fortification, taking Romano-Byzantine, Indian and Chinese ideas to create a highly effective and sophisticated hybrid fortification that was both new and distinctive. This book examines early Saracen fortifications, covering their ...

The muslims of medieval Italy

This significant new work focuses on the formation and fragmentation of an Arab-Muslim state and its society in Sicily and south Italy between 800 and 1300, which led to the formation of an enduring Muslim-- Christian frontier during the age of the Crusades. It examines ...

¿Existe una identidad mozárabe?

historia, lengua y cultura de los cristianos de al-Andalus (siglos IX- XII)

La presente obra reúne una serie de estudios que examinan la historia, la lengua y la cultura de los cristianos andalusíes desde el siglo IX hasta su desaparición en el siglo XII, y que contribuyen a la reflexión sobre la identidad de los <> y su ...

La Corte de los Califas

Ésta es la historia de los dos siglos de oro del Islam: la época en que los Abasidas rigieron un vasto imperio desde su corte de Bagdad. Hugh Kennedy, autor de Las grandes conquistas árabes, nos ofrece un libro que se aparta de los fríos ...

God's crucible

Islam and the making of Europe, 570-1215

In the autumn of 732, two great armies, one Christian and one Muslim, faced off on the central plains of France in an epic battle that would define European history. According to what we've always been told, Charles Martel, the leader of the Franks ...

From Arabian Tribes to Islamic Empire

army, state and society in the Near East c. 600-850

This second collection of articles by Patricia Crone brings together studies on the development of early Muslim society, above all the army with which it was originally synonymous, from shortly after the Prophet's death until the mid-Abbasid period. The focus is on the changes ...

La conquista de Tombuctú

la gran aventura de Yuder Pachá y otros hispanos en el reino de los negros

El mito de Tombuctú ha traspasado fronteras desde antaño. Por encima de su exotismo, su aire legendario ha ejercido una atracción casi sublime sobre personas y culturas que permantemente han viajado en busca de esta perla de África. Antes de que en el siglo XIX ...

The Fourth Crusade

event, aftermath, and perceptions

The Fourth Crusade (1201-1204), launched to restore Jerusalem to Christian control, veered widely off course, finally landing at Constantinople which it conquered and sacked. The effects of the crusade were far-reaching during the Middle Ages and remain powerful even today, which explains the continued vibrancy ...

Saracen Strongholds AD 630-1050

the Middle East and Central Asia

Illustrated by Adam Hook The Islamic world drew upon a myriad of pre-existing styles of fortification, taking Romano-Byzantine, Indian and Chinese ideas to create a highly effective and sophisticated hybrid fortification that was both new and distinctive. This book examines early Saracen fortifications, covering their ...

Les turcs face à l´Occident

des origines aux Seldjoukides

La demande d'adhésion de la Turquie à l'Union européenne incite à mieux connaître les Turcs et leurs ancêtres. Partis du nord-est de la Sibérie, ils ont effectué une poussée formidable, d'une part contre la Chine et de l'autre vers l'Europe ...

El Islam y Occidente

Auts., Pierre Guichard...[et al.]. Índice: 9. Presentación 13. Occidente e Islam en el Mediterráneo occidental (siglos VIII-X). Pierre Guichard 47. España y el Islam en la Edad Moderna: entre el enfrentamiento bélico, la actividad corsaria y el comercio. Eloy Martín Corrales 93. Estatus de ...

Studies in pre-ottoman Turkey and the ottomans

The studies included in the present collection by Elizabeth Zachariadou are concerned with the long period of transition from the Byzantine Empire to its successor, the Ottoman Empire. Among the themes covered are the processes of settlement and state-formation amongst the nomadic and often superficially ...

Histoire des croisades et du royaume franc de Jérusalem

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Muslim military architecture in greater Syria

from the coming of Islam to the Ottoman Period

Crusader castles have been the subject of academic study for well over a century but the castles constructed by Muslim powers in greater Syria have been comparatively neglected. This series of studies looks at key developments and monuments in the history of Muslim military architecture ...

Rumi

el conocimiento y el secreto

El sufismo, movimiento ascético islámico que tuvo su periodo de auge a partir del siglo IX de nuestra era, es la vía para la contemplación de la belleza divina a través de las cosas sensibles. El samá o danza sufí de los derviches giradores emana ...