The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
| The Crusades Through Arab Eyes | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Amin Maalouf |
| Country | France |
| Language | French also translated to English |
| Subject(s) | History |
| Publisher | Schocken Books |
| Publication date | 1984 |
| ISBN | 0-8052-08984 |
| OCLC Number | 22435105 |
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes is a French-language historical essay by Lebanese author Amin Maalouf.
As the name suggests, the book is a narrative retelling of primary sources drawn from various Arab chronicles that seeks to provide an Arab perspective on the Crusades, and especially about the Crusaders – the Franks (Franj), as they called them – what are considered cruel, savage, ignorant and culturally backward.
From the first invasion, in eleventh century, until the general collapse of the Crusades, in the thirteenth century, the book constructs a narrative that is the reverse of that current in the western world, describing the main facts bellicose, and displaying situations of a quaint historic setting where Christians are viewed as "barbarians", unaware of the most elementary rules of honor, dignity and social ethics.
[edit] References
- Maalouf, Amin (1984). The Crusades Through Arab Eyes. New York: Schocken Books. ISBN 0-8052-0898-4.
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