Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the Crusades - Memoirs of Usamah Ibn-Munqidh

Informationen zum Autor Richard W. Bulliet is professor of history at Columbia University. A former Guggenheim fellow! he has authored books on technology! The Camel and the Wheel (Columbia); and on Middle East History! Islam: The View from the Edge (Columbia). He is also the author of four novels of mystery and intrigue. Klappentext The life of Usâmah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished in the period of the early Crusades. His memoirs present an uncommon non-European perspective and understanding of the military and cultural contact between East and West! Muslim and Christian. His writing is remarkable for its narrative clarity! its humanity! and its wealth of perceptive details. Zusammenfassung The life of Usamah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished during the early Crusading period. His memoirs provide a valuable non-European perspective and insight into the military and cultural contact between medieval West and East! between Christian and Muslim.

Product details

• Authors: Usamah, Usamah Ibn Munqidh
• Assisted by: Philip Hitti (Translation), Philip K. Hitti (Translation), Phillip K. Hitti (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.06.2000
• EAN: 9780231121248
• ISBN: 978-0-231-12124-8
• No. of pages: 265
• Series: Records of Western Civilization Series; Records of Western Civilizatio; Records of Western Civilization Series; Records of Western Civilizatio
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews