Overview
In Alliances and Treaties between Frankish and Muslim Rulers Michael Köhler presents a fully integrated study of Frankish-Muslim diplomacy in the period from the First Crusade through to the thirteenth century. It is a ground-breaking study that challenges preconceived notions of the relations between Frankish and Muslim rulers in the Middle East. Commonly portrayed as an era of conflict, the period appears here as one in which conventions of diplomatic cooperation were commonplace. This book is one of the few works in the fields of Crusader Studies and Middle Eastern Studies that draws to the same extent on Arabic and Western sources; two textual traditions that have usually been studied in isolation from each other.
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Author: Michael Köhler ,
Konrad Hirschler ,
Peter M. Holt ,
Konrad Hirschler
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 1
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.695kg
ISBN: 9789004248571
ISBN 10: 9004248579
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 25 April 2013
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'... this book is still a very valuable academic resource; it is full of fascinating material which convincingly dispels the long-held theory that Crusaders and Muslims in the twelfth century had little, let alone, close contact with each other.' Professor Carole Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh 'a provocative and important book', 'excellent and insightful work' (Jonathan Phillips, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies). '...there is much that is fresh and original about Kohler's thesis. His insights into the realpolitik underlying the various treaties and alliances of this period are deeply incisive.' Nicholas Morton in Crusades 13 (2014) p. 268-270.
this book is still a very valuable academic resource; it is full of fascinating material which convincingly dispels the long-held theory that Crusaders and Muslims in the twelfth century had little, let alone, close contact with each other. Professor Carole Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh
`... this book is still a very valuable academic resource; it is full of fascinating material which convincingly dispels the long-held theory that Crusaders and Muslims in the twelfth century had little, let alone, close contact with each other.' Professor Carole Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh 'a provocative and important book', 'excellent and insightful work' (Jonathan Phillips, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies). '...there is much that is fresh and original about Kohler's thesis. His insights into the realpolitik underlying the various treaties and alliances of this period are deeply incisive.' Nicholas Morton in Crusades 13 (2014) p. 268-270. 'It is hoped that this new English translation will be widely read and its ideas far-reaching. This volume is essential for all those interested in the history of the Crusades, the medieval Middle East, and Christian-Muslim relations.' K. Scott Parker in Al-Masaq 28.1 (2016), 97-99. DOI: 10.1080/09503110.2016.1152819
Author Information
Michael A. Köhler, Dr. phil. (1987, Hamburg), is Professor for Europe and the Mediterranean at the College of Europe, Bruges, and a senior official of the European Commission, after reading Muslim history at Bonn University (1993-2000). He specialises in and publishes on the crusades and Northern African history. Peter Malcolm Holt (1918-2006), DPhil. (1958, Oxford), FBA, was Professor of History of the Near and Middle East at SOAS, University of London. Among his numerous publications were The Age of the Crusades (1986) and Early Mamluk Diplomacy (1995). Konrad Hirschler, Ph.D. (2003, London), is Reader in the History of the Near and Middle East at SOAS, University of London. He has published monographs, edited volumes and articles on medieval Middle Eastern history, including The Written Word in the Medieval Arabic Lands (EUP, 2012).
