I used this book for a paper and I found it to be actually very interesting. Great accounts of Muslims at the time of the Crusades- what they did and what they thought. Very rare in Crusades history sadly. It's a large scholarly work, but broken up into many sections like a textbook and containing lots of artwork so it's vey approachable for scholar or Crusades enthusiast alike.
本書英文原版於1999年由愛丁堡大學出版社發行,臺灣的廣場出版社於2017年發行正體中文版,譯者為高慧玲。作者運用了各種古代阿拉伯文文獻與銘文等材料,探討中世紀十字軍東征在穆斯林心目中的形象以及對後世穆斯林的影響,特別提到十字軍與穆斯林衝突中的軍事層面。作者主張在第一次十字軍攻占耶路撒冷時大多數穆斯林實際上並未注意到十字軍的宗教聖戰意義。而且大多數當地穆斯林政權將他們視為地方勢力的一部分,在衝突之外也開展和平貿易的關係。而最終蒙古人成為穆斯林與十字軍政權關係惡化的催化劑,因爲穆斯林認為這些「法蘭克人」準備跟蒙古人結盟對付他們,因此最終在1291年埃及的馬穆魯克王朝拿下了阿卡(Acre)與貝魯特等地,將十字軍的勢力驅逐出黎凡特地區(Levant)。而在後世影響上,「法蘭克人」一詞象徵著占領阿拉伯領土的外來者。而且作者主張十字軍幾乎沒有給伊斯蘭世界帶來任何好處,相反地在宗教領域裡,他們給穆斯林留下的只有心理傷痛。在目前這個伊斯蘭教受到西方媒體妖魔化以及杭廷頓(Samuel P. Huntington)所謂「文明衝突」的時代,這段以十字架之名對穆斯林造成傷害與誣蔑的歷史更值得我們反思。
I learned a lot, though the class I had to read this for was pretty difficult. This book makes Muslim and Islamic people, places, and dealings a bit easier to understand. Good formatting. If you want to learn about the crusades this is a great book to start with
انتهيت من ترجمة هذا الكتاب للعربية للحصول على نسخة يمكنك التواصل على الخاص وبصفة عامه الكتاب يُلقى نظرة عامه على وجهة النظر الغربيه بعيون إسلامية ... وجدت فيه بعض ما كان غائبا عنى فى قراءاتي للتاريخ ااسلامي
Much more scientific than I expected, so it was a rather difficult, yet very satisfying read. Highly recommended as a great objective alternative and companion to more traditional Crusader's point of view works.
As the title says, this book offers Islamic perspective on the history of Crusades. Much of it is dedicated to socio-cultural analysis about the Islamic reign in The Holy Land, thus, sacrificing details on chronologies.
However it should be noted that the author really succeeded in what she aimed: bringing the Islamic accounts of the Holy War. Successions and grassroot polemics are well-covered, while more obscure Islamic heroes -- such as Baybars, Nuruddin -- are properly introduced. Recommended as companion if you have foreknowledge about the war's timeline.
well... it's a great book. she tell us everything about crusade forum muslim perception. it's rare we found the book tell about crusade from muslim perception. mostly, the historian tell it from western or christian perception. yeah it was the greatest war of the world. 200 years muslim and west (frank) fight for their ideology, for their trust, and for their God.