Infidel kings and unholy warriors : faith, power, and violence in the age of crusade and jihad
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374712051 (ebook)
- ISBN: 0809058375 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9780809058372 (hardback)
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Physical Description:
xvii, 390 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The Mediterranean world -- The (Jewish) man who would be king. An ornament, tarnished ; the rules of the game -- A Christian sultan in the age of "The reconquest." The Cid rides again ; Rodrigo Díaz, Taifa King of Valencia -- Kings of Sicily, kings of Africa. A Norman conquest ; Don't ask, don't tell -- Infidel rules of a heretical caliphate. After the Messiah ; Traitors and spies -- Ambition, opportunism, and the end of an era. A heavenly kingdom? ; Jerusalem restored -- The decline and fall of the Roman empire -- Holy war, a user's manual. |
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Subject: | Mediterranean Region History 476-1517 Crusades Crusades Influence HISTORY / Medieval Crusades Crusades Influence Mediterranean Region |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | 909.07 CAT (Text) | 000114297 | Nonfiction | Available | - |