Ann E Zimo

In Plain Sight

Muslims of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book explores the topic of how Muslims fit into the society of the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. By examining geographic, economic, legal, political, and cultural data, it argues that Muslims were not marginal or marginalized in the crusader period Levant, but formed an important often crucial community"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 155mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9781512824896
• ISBN-10: 1512824895
• Artikelnr.: 69875762

Autorenporträt

Ann E. Zimo is Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of New Hampshire.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Geography of the Muslim Communities
Chapter 2. "How Many Villages of Yours Have We Emptied?": Muslims and the
Economic Landscape
Chapter 3. "Saracens Are Also Men Like the Franks": Muslims in the Legal
Landscape
Chapter 4. Illusory Borders: Muslims and the Political Landscape
Chapter 5. Shared Webs of Knowledge
Chapter 6. Literary Intersections
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments