Historiens arabes des croisades, couverture rigide par Gabrieli, Francesco, comme neuf achats U...

Product Name: Historiens arabes des croisades, couverture rigide par Gabrieli, Francesco, comme neuf achats U...
Book Title：Arab Historians of the Crusades ISBN：9780415563321 achats
Arab Historians of the Crusades, Hardcover by Gabrieli, Francesco, ISBN 0415563321, ISBN-13 9780415563321, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK

The recapture of Jerusalem, the siege of acre, the fall of Tripoli, the effect in Baghdad of events in Syria; these and other happenings were faithfully recorded by Arab historians during the two centuries of the Crusades. First published in English in 1969, this book presents the other side of the Holy War, offering the first English translation of contemporary Arab accounts of the fighting between Muslim and Christian. 

Extracts are drawn from seventeen different authors encompassing a multitude of sources:

• The general histories of the Muslim world,
• The chronicles of cities, regions and their dynasties
• Contemporary biographies and records of famous deeds. 

Overall, this book gives a sweeping and stimulating view of the Crusades seen through Arab eyes.  

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