Franks’ Effect on Islamic Spirit, Religious and Cultural Characters in Medieval Syria
Franks’ Effect on Islamic Spirit, Religious and Cultural Characters in Medieval Syria By Hatim Mahamid Nebula, Vol.4:1 (2007) Introduction: This study will follow the phenomena…
Prosopographical Research on the Crusader States
Prosopographical Research on the Crusader States By Alan V. Murray Prosopon Newsletter, Vol.4:2 (1996) Introduction: Prosopographical research on the Crusader States, or to use…
Ayyubids, Mamluks, and the Latin East in the Thirteenth Century
Examines the relations between Muslim states in Syria and Egypt with the Crusader States after death of Saladin in 1192, and how did this relationship with the decline of the Ayyubid dynasty and the rise of the Mamluks.
The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi’l-Ta’rikh
The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi’l-Ta’rikh Translated by D.S. Richards Ashgate Publishing, 2006-8 The Chronicle of Ibn…
The military orders and the conversion of Muslims in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
Although the relevance to conversion of charters which allude to the propagationor expansion of Christianity may be questioned, a very few twelfth- and early thirteenth-century sources do explicitly seek to link military orders with the convertingof Muslims.
Sources on the First Crusade: Insights from Three Editors
In the last few months we have seen three important accounts of the First Crusade. Each text offers new perspectives on the pilgrimage/campaign/movement…