Medievalists.net » Saladin 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 Why does Saladin have such good PR in the Medieval West? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/saladin-good-pr-medieval-west/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/saladin-good-pr-medieval-west/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2014 18:04:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52249 The story of Hattin and the Third Crusade is a very good read and it features a splendid duel, indeed almost a tournament, pitting Saladin against Richard the Lionheart. And to this exciting mixture is added a dash of sex

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/saladin-good-pr-medieval-west/feed/ 0 Two Rabbinic Views of Christianity in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/two-rabbinic-views-christianity-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/two-rabbinic-views-christianity-middle-ages/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2014 01:17:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50444 In the sessions of our section over the past decade, I introduced a significant distinction between two rabbinic attitudes in the Mediterranean countries during the Middle Ages of 12th and 13th centuries as to their view of Christianity.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/two-rabbinic-views-christianity-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Richard Lionheart: Bad King, Bad Crusader? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/11/richard-lionheart-bad-king-bad-crusader/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/11/richard-lionheart-bad-king-bad-crusader/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2014 13:13:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50322 This paper analyzes the impact of King Richard Lionheart of England during his tenure as leader of the Third Crusade.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/11/richard-lionheart-bad-king-bad-crusader/feed/ 0 The Battle of Arsuf, 7 September 1191 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/24/the-battle-of-arsuf-7-september-1191/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/24/the-battle-of-arsuf-7-september-1191/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 02:20:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41343 Benjamin Z. Kedar asks what was Richard I's plan at Arsuf, one of the key battles of the Third Crusade?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/24/the-battle-of-arsuf-7-september-1191/feed/ 0 Muslim Perspectives on the Military Orders during the Crusades http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/15/muslim-perspectives-on-the-military-orders-during-the-crusades/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/15/muslim-perspectives-on-the-military-orders-during-the-crusades/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:54:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40537 What caused the particular enmity between Saladin and the Templars and Hospitallers? To understand this situation one must begin with examination of Muslim perspectives on monasticism in general.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/15/muslim-perspectives-on-the-military-orders-during-the-crusades/feed/ 0 Blood-brothers: a ritual of friendship and the construction of the imagined barbarian in the middle ages http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/15/blood-brothers-a-ritual-of-friendship-and-the-construction-of-the-imagined-barbarian-in-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/15/blood-brothers-a-ritual-of-friendship-and-the-construction-of-the-imagined-barbarian-in-the-middle-ages/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:46:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38747 My reflections are part of a broad stream of inquiries into the world of medieval rituals which has proved to be very fertile during the last two decades, but which also has its limits. For more than twenty years now, medievalists have discovered and analysed the importance of personal relationships for the organization of societies before the existence of states in a modern sense of the word.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/15/blood-brothers-a-ritual-of-friendship-and-the-construction-of-the-imagined-barbarian-in-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 The Evolution of the Saladin Legend in the West http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/18/the-evolution-of-the-saladin-legend-in-the-west/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/18/the-evolution-of-the-saladin-legend-in-the-west/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:45:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37268 William of Tyreʼs account of the history of the Crusades stops suddenly in 1184. As he lays down his pen he is in despair at the inevitable outcome which he foresees for the struggle with Saladin. It was fortunate for him that he did not live to see the triumph of Saladin at Hattin and Jerusalem. Williamʼs judgement of Saladin, there- fore, is one of fear and admiration but he is also able to criticize his faults, especially his ruthless ambition.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/18/the-evolution-of-the-saladin-legend-in-the-west/feed/ 0 Nomadic Violence in the First Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Military Orders http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/08/nomadic-violence-in-the-first-latin-kingdom-of-jerusalem-and-the-military-orders/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/08/nomadic-violence-in-the-first-latin-kingdom-of-jerusalem-and-the-military-orders/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:57:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36355 That the threat posed by bands of marauders was taken seriously by the early crusader settlers can be seen by some of the barons’ brutal reactions to it.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/08/nomadic-violence-in-the-first-latin-kingdom-of-jerusalem-and-the-military-orders/feed/ 0 The Massacre at Acre–Mark of a Blood-thirsty King? http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/24/the-massacre-at-acre-mark-of-a-blood-thirsty-king-2/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/24/the-massacre-at-acre-mark-of-a-blood-thirsty-king-2/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:42:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31297 The Christian forces in the Holy Land during the mid-to-late-1100s had, for many years, requested assistance to maintain their dwindling and increasingly challenged control in the Holy Land, but no help came. The tenuous rule of Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, in the mid-1180s, led to further internal conflict.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/24/the-massacre-at-acre-mark-of-a-blood-thirsty-king-2/feed/ 0 The Use of Fortification as a Political Instrument by the Ayyubids and the Mamluks in Bilad al-Sham and in Egypt (Twelfth-Thirteenth Centuries) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/22/the-use-of-fortification-as-a-political-instrument-by-the-ayyubids-and-the-mamluks-in-bilad-al-sham-and-in-egypt-twelfth-thirteenth-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/22/the-use-of-fortification-as-a-political-instrument-by-the-ayyubids-and-the-mamluks-in-bilad-al-sham-and-in-egypt-twelfth-thirteenth-centuries/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:25:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29549 Beginning in 1170/1171, Salah al-Din built fortifications as the Fatimid vizier of Egypt. His considerations were primarily defensive in this period, following the Frankish campaign of 1168 that led to the siege of Cairo, and the Frankish-Byzantine naval expedition against Damietta in 1169.

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