Islam Under the Crusaders: Colonial Survival in the Thirteenth-Century Kingdom of Valencia

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Islam Under the Crusaders: Colonial Survival in the Thirteenth-Century Kingdom of Valencia
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Robert Ignatius Burns
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:538
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178
ISBN/Barcode 9780691618517
ClassificationsDewey:946.76
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 8 March 2015
Publication Country United States

Description

The struggle between Islam and the Crusaders comprised a dialogue of cultures on a broad geographic scale and a wide expanse of time, a perennial seesaw of conquest in the West as in the East. Father Burns' pioneering work on Valencia has demonstrated that the inner reality of this sustained confrontation lies as much in the colonial interims as in