Paul M Cobb

The Race for Paradise

An Islamic History of the Crusades

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Produktbeschreibung

This epic story of the Crusades - told from a Muslim perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 455g
• ISBN-13: 9780198787990
• ISBN-10: 0198787995
• Artikelnr.: 45254539

Autorenporträt

Paul M. Cobb is Professor of Islamic History at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous books and studies, including a translation of the Arabic memoirs of a Muslim eyewitness to the Crusades published as The Book of Contemplation: Islam and the Crusades (2008). A recognized authority on relations between Islam and the West during the Middle Ages, he has travelled widely throughout Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. He divides his time between teaching in Philadelphia and farming in his home town of Amherst, Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Prologue: Saladin Nation
1 The Abode of Islam
2 The Frightened Sea
3 Prey For the Sword
4 Tasting Our Might
5 Giving Lie To The Devil
6 Wolves and Lions
7 Let Them Be Our Eulogists
Afterword: Buried Horsemen
Notes
Bibliography
Index