Medieval History 400-1500 Books

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41. Muslim Fortresses in the Levant

    Between Crusaders and Mongols

    By Kate Raphael

    Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

    During much of the twelfth century the Crusaders dominated the military scene in the Levant. The unification of Egypt and Syria by Saladin gradually changed the balance of power, which slowly begun to tilt in favour of the Muslims. This book examines the development and role of Muslim fortresses in...

    Published August 25th 2010 by Routledge
42. Mamluks and Ottomans

    Studies in Honour of Michael Winter

    Edited by David J Wasserstein, Ami Ayalon

    Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

    Focusing on Near Eastern history in Mamluk and Ottoman times, this book, dedicated to Michael Winter, stresses elements of variety and continuity in the history of the Near East, an area of study which has traditionally attracted little attention from Islamists. Ranging over the period from...

    Published August 19th 2010 by Routledge
43. Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture in the Mediterranean

    Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd

    By Cynthia Robinson

    Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

    Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture discusses the unicum manuscript of the Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd, the only illustrated manuscript known to have survived for more than eight centuries of Muslim and Arabic-speaking presence in present-day Spain. The manuscript is of paramount importance as it...

    Published August 19th 2010 by Routledge
44. Islamic Culture Through Jewish Eyes

    Al-Andalus from the Tenth to Twelfth Century

    By Esperanza Alfonso

    Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

    Islamic Culture Through Jewish Eyes analyzes the attitude towards Muslims, Islam, and Islamic culture as presented in sources written by Jewish authors in the Iberian Peninsula between the tenth and the twelfth centuries. By bringing the Jewish attitude towards the "other" into sharper...

    Published July 28th 2010 by Routledge
45. Disability in Medieval Europe

    Thinking about Physical Impairment in the High Middle Ages, c.1100–c.1400

    By Irina Metzler

    This impressive volume presents a thorough examination of all aspects of physical impairment and disability in medieval Europe. Examining a popular era that is of great interest to many historians and researchers, Irene Metzler presents a theoretical framework of disability and explores key areas...

    Published July 8th 2010 by Routledge
46. The Trans-Saharan Slave Trade

    By John Wright

    Series: History and Society in the Islamic World

    This compelling text sheds light on the important but under studied trans-Saharan slave trade. The author uncovers and surveys this, the least-noticed of the slave trades out of Africa, which from the seventh to the twentieth centuries quielty delievered almost as many black Africans into...

    Published July 8th 2010 by Routledge
47. Medieval Monstrosity and the Female Body

    By Sarah Alison Miller

    Series: Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture

    The medieval monster is a slippery construct, and its referents include a range of religious, racial, and corporeal aberrations. In this study, Miller argues that one incarnation of monstrosity in the Middle Ages—the female body—exists in special relation to medieval teratology insofar as it...

    Published June 23rd 2010 by Routledge
48. The Great Seljuqs

    A History

    By Osman Aziz Basan

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Iran and Turkey

    This book provides a broad history of the Seljuq Turks from their origins and early conquests in the 10th century, through the rise of empire, until its dissolution at the end of the 12th. Where the history of the Seljuqs is usually studied in the context of medieval Persian, Arabic or Islamic...

    Published June 17th 2010 by Routledge
49. Early Seljuq History

    A New Interpretation

    By A.C.S. Peacock

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Iran and Turkey

    This book investigates the early history of the Seljuq Turks, founders of one of the most important empires of the mediaeval Islamic world, from their origins in the Eurasian steppe to their conquest of Iran, Iraq and Anatolia. The first work available in a western language on this important...

    Published March 9th 2010 by Routledge
50. Walter Ullmann on Medieval Political Theory - 3 Volumes (Routledge Revivals)

    By Walter Ullmann

    Series: Routledge Revivals: Walter Ullmann on Medieval Political Theory

    Celebrated Austrian-Jewish scholar Walter Ullmann (1910-1983) was a leading authority in the field of medieval political thought, and in particular legal theory. He settled in the United Kingdom after leaving Austria in the late 1930s and went on to hold positions at the University of Leeds and...

    Published February 2nd 2010 by Routledge