Crusades, Christianity, and Islam
«The Crusades, Christianity, and Islam is a very important intervention on a topic not only of current interest but also of pressing importance. Jonathan Riley-Smith shows why and how history matters. -- Adam Kosto, associate professor of history, Columbia University This richly informed little book should be considered essential for understanding crusading, then and now. Booklist (starred review) This is a powerhouse of a book, enlightening, well-written and accessible, and I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand the crusades. -- Melissa Snell About.com A Booklist 2008 Editors' Choice Booklist - Editors' Choice This slender volume provides an interesting insight into the way in which contemporary history has had an impact on studies of the crusades. -- James M Powell Catholic Historical Reivew Brimming with insights, approachable by anyone interested in the subject. -- Thomas F. Madden First Things An excellent book. -- John France The International History Review»
The Crusades were penitential war-pilgrimages fought in the Levant and the eastern Mediterranean, as well as in North Africa, Spain, Portugal, Poland, the Baltic region, Hungary, the Balkans, and Western Europe. Les mer
Europeans fashioned an interpretation of the Crusades from the writings of Walter Scott and a French contemporary, Joseph-Francois Michaud. Scott portrayed Islamic societies as forward-thinking, while casting Christian crusaders as culturally backward and often morally corrupt. Michaud, in contrast, glorified crusading, and his followers used its imagery to illuminate imperial adventures. These depictions have had a profound influence on contemporary Western opinion, as well as on Muslim attitudes toward their past and present. Whether regarded as a valid expression of Christianity's divine enterprise or condemned as a weapon of empire, crusading has been a powerful rhetorical tool for centuries. In order to understand the preoccupations of Islamist jihadis and the character of Western discourse on the Middle East, Riley-Smith argues, we must understand how images of crusading were formed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Columbia University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780231146241
- Utgivelsesår
- 2008
- Format
- 21 x 14 cm
Anmeldelser
«The Crusades, Christianity, and Islam is a very important intervention on a topic not only of current interest but also of pressing importance. Jonathan Riley-Smith shows why and how history matters. -- Adam Kosto, associate professor of history, Columbia University This richly informed little book should be considered essential for understanding crusading, then and now. Booklist (starred review) This is a powerhouse of a book, enlightening, well-written and accessible, and I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand the crusades. -- Melissa Snell About.com A Booklist 2008 Editors' Choice Booklist - Editors' Choice This slender volume provides an interesting insight into the way in which contemporary history has had an impact on studies of the crusades. -- James M Powell Catholic Historical Reivew Brimming with insights, approachable by anyone interested in the subject. -- Thomas F. Madden First Things An excellent book. -- John France The International History Review»