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The crusades through arab eyes is a story and a historical discussion rolled into one, and to the authors credit he never overextends himself into polemics, which is left for the professional historians. European and arab versions of the crusades have little in common. For arabs, the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were years of strenuous. The crusades through arab eyes ebook by amin maalouf. Are there any books about the crusades which are accurate and. Les croisades vues par les arabes is a french language historical essay by lebanese author amin maalouf as the name suggests, the book is a narrative retelling of primary sources drawn from various arab chronicles that seeks to provide an arab perspective on the crusades, and especially regarding the crusaders the franks franj, as the arabs. Rental copies must be returned at the end of the designated period, and may involve a. The crusades through arab eyes is a french language historical essay by lebanese author amin maalouf. The crusades through arab eyes by amin maalouf librarything. The crusades occurred at a time when arab culture was viewed by the west as sophisticated and advanced, compared to the franj franks or all westerners who were unrefined in comparison, amounting to a reversal of modern perspective maalouf, 1984, p. The author has combed the works of arab chroniclers of the crusades, many of them eyewitnesses and participants in the events they describe. For arabs, the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were years. Intriguing and entertaining, the crusades through arab eyes, is a vivid portrait of a society nearly destroyed by internal conflict and shaken by a traumatic encounter with an alien culture.
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Amin maaloufs novel, the crusades through arab eyes is the portrayal of the horror seen by. Classic revisited, crusades, history of religion, religion in the middle east leave a comment. The subject of the crusades has been of interest to me because of a recent movie called kingdom of heaven which features the time when saladin retakes jerusalem from the franj. Amin maalouf, the crusades through arab eyes, trans. Arab historians of the crusades francesco gabrieli. For arabs, the twelfth and thirteen centuries were years of strenuous efforts to repel a brutal and destructive invasion by barbarian hordes.
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While the crusades opened up new horizons and new trading areas for the west, the eastern worlds establishments began to decline and deteriorate and the lands they conquered became lost in the political power struggle between the arabs. A narrative of the crusades from the initial invasion of nicaea in 1096 to the final expulsion of the franj in 1291 from the arabs and other nations living in north africas perspective. Crusades through arab eyes by amin maalouf alibris. The crusades through arab eyes by amin maalouf epub mobi free epub, mobi, pdf ebooks download, ebook torrents download. The dramatic story of the crusades seen through arab eyes from the seizing of jerusalem under pope urban ii in 1099 to its recapture by salah addin. He retells their stories in their own vivacious style, giving us a vivid portrait of a society rent by internal conflicts, and shaken by a traumatic. He retells their stories in their own style, giving us a vivid portrait of a society rent by internal conflicts and shaken by traumatic encounter with an. The rewriting of history in amin maaloufs the crusades. The awardwinning novelist amin maalouf has been highly praised for this thoroughly researched work, especially from nonmuslim sources, even though the crusades through arab eyes sets out to redress the balance after centuries of historical bias by presenting the arab side of the crusades in their own words.
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