The race for paradise : an Islamic history of the crusades / Paul M. Cobb.
Cobb, Paul M., 1967-
2014
D157 .C58 2014 (Mapit)
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Title The race for paradise : an Islamic history of the crusades / Paul M. Cobb.
Author Cobb, Paul M., 1967-
ISBN 9780199358113 (hardcover)
0199358117 (hardcover)
9780199532018
019953201X
Published New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Language English
Description xxii, 335 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Call Number D157 .C58 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 909.07
Summary "In The Race for Paradise, Paul M. Cobb offers an accurate and accessible representation of the Islamic experience of the Crusades during the Middle Ages. Cobb overturns previous claims and presents new arguments, such as the idea that the Frankish invasions of the Near East were something of a side-show to the broader internal conflict between Sunnis and Shi'ites in the region. The Race for Paradise moves along two fronts as Cobb stresses that, for medieval Muslims, the contemporaneous Latin Christian expansion throughout the Mediterranean was seen as closely linked to events in the Levant. As a consequence of this expanded geographical range, the book takes a broader chronological range to encompass the campaigns of Spanish kings north of the Ebro and the Norman conquest of Sicily (beginning in 1060), well before Pope Urban II's famous call to the First Crusade in 1095. Finally, The Race for Paradise brilliantly combats the trend to portray the history of the Crusades, particularly the Islamic experience, in simplistic or binary terms. Muslims did not solely experience the Crusades as fanatical warriors or as helpless victims, Cobb writes; as with any other human experience of similar magnitude, the Crusades were experienced in a great variety of ways, ranging from heroic martyrdom, to collaboration, to utter indifference"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-321) and index.
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Prologue: Damascus Crossroads
The abode of Islam
The frightened sea
Prey of the sword
Against the enemies of God
Tasting our might
The fallen tent
From every deep valley
Wolves and lions
Let them be our eulogists
Epilogue: Buried horsemen.

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