Medievalists.net » Fatimids http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Genoa: The cog in the new medieval economy http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/18/genoa-the-cog-in-the-new-medieval-economy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/18/genoa-the-cog-in-the-new-medieval-economy/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:07:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60453 Journalist and author Nicholas Walton writes about medieval Genoa's economy, trade and role in the Black Death. Walton recently published a book on Genoese history entitled, "Genoa: La Superba"

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/18/genoa-the-cog-in-the-new-medieval-economy/feed/ 0 Al-Maqrizi and the Fatimids http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/03/al-maqrizi-and-the-fatimids/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/03/al-maqrizi-and-the-fatimids/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:34:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39568 There are other less dramatic examples. Only a small section of the massive history by al-Musabbih ̋| (d. 420/1029)2 has been recovered and it is now in the Escorial. On the title page of that manuscript is the signature of al-Maqr|z|, indicating apparently that he once possessed and/or used it.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/03/al-maqrizi-and-the-fatimids/feed/ 0 Light through the dark ages: The Arabist contribution to Western ophthalmology http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/28/light-through-the-dark-ages-the-arabist-contribution-to-western-ophthalmology/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/28/light-through-the-dark-ages-the-arabist-contribution-to-western-ophthalmology/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:06:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36772 Because blindness was a major cause of morbidity in the medieval Arab world, as is the case in the developing world today, Arabist physicians developed much exposure to ophthalmological conditions, and nearly every major medical work written at the time had a chapter on diseases of the eye.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/28/light-through-the-dark-ages-the-arabist-contribution-to-western-ophthalmology/feed/ 0 The Fatimid and Kalbite Governors in Sicily : 909-1044 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/21/the-fatimid-and-kalbite-governors-in-sicily-909-1044/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/21/the-fatimid-and-kalbite-governors-in-sicily-909-1044/#comments Sun, 21 Oct 2012 21:06:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36613 This is the second part of my investigation on the Muslim governors (or rulers) in Sicily.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/21/the-fatimid-and-kalbite-governors-in-sicily-909-1044/feed/ 0 The Norman Kings of Sicily and the Fatimid Caliphate http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/16/the-norman-kings-of-sicily-and-the-fatimid-caliphate/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/16/the-norman-kings-of-sicily-and-the-fatimid-caliphate/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:29:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25508 The Norman Kings of Sicily and the Fatimid Caliphate By Jeremy Johns Anglo-Norman Studies, Vol.15 (1993) Introduction: The de Hauteville rulers of Sicily were parvenus. Tancred, lord of Hauteville-la-Guischard near Coutances, had owed only ten knights’ service to Duke Robert. It was Tancred’s inability to provide for his twelve sons that drove eleven of them […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/16/the-norman-kings-of-sicily-and-the-fatimid-caliphate/feed/ 0 The Fatimid Navy and the Crusades, 1099-1171 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/the-fatimid-navy-and-the-crusades-1099-1171/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/the-fatimid-navy-and-the-crusades-1099-1171/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:07:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23346 During the ninth century and the first half of the tenth century, for example, Muslim navies were very active in the Mediterranean and, on the whole, they were successful.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/the-fatimid-navy-and-the-crusades-1099-1171/feed/ 0 The Fatimid Failure against the Crusaders at the End of the First Crusade http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/21/the-fatimid-failure-against-the-crusaders-at-the-end-of-the-first-crusade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/21/the-fatimid-failure-against-the-crusaders-at-the-end-of-the-first-crusade/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:03:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23080 The Fatimid Failure against the Crusaders at the End of the First Crusade By Jan Vandeburie Carnival, Vol.12 (2010) Introduction: This paper was presented at the ISHA conference 2010 in Helsinki. The theme of the conference, integration throughout history, gave me the opportunity to look at some important events at the end of the First […]

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