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Mediaevalia
Abstract This article examines the characterization of Saladin in late medieval Tuscan short story collections, in order to comprehend the rationale behind the emergence of the most renowned Muslim ruler of that time—rather than a Christian figure—as a paragon of courtesy for the bourgeois reader, and to elucidate and substantiate the
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Abstract This article examines the characterization of Saladin in late medieval Tuscan short story collections, in order to comprehend the rationale behind the emergence of the most renowned Muslim ruler of that time—rather than a Christian figure—as a paragon of courtesy for the bourgeois reader, and to elucidate and substantiate the
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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1953
In the year 577/1181–2, in a letter to the Caliph in Baghdad explaining his activities in Syria, Saladin writes that he is engaged in a struggle for Islam against a three-fold enemy—the infidel Frankish invader, the heretical and murderous Assassins, and the treacherous Zangid rulers of Mosul, whom he accuses of intelligence and even alliance with both
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In the year 577/1181–2, in a letter to the Caliph in Baghdad explaining his activities in Syria, Saladin writes that he is engaged in a struggle for Islam against a three-fold enemy—the infidel Frankish invader, the heretical and murderous Assassins, and the treacherous Zangid rulers of Mosul, whom he accuses of intelligence and even alliance with both
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Odysseus. Man in History
The work under review is devoted to one of the most renowned figures of the Muslim world — the 12th-century military leader and ruler, Saladin, victor over the Crusaders. On the one hand, the book explores the formation of the medieval myth of the jihad hero; on the other, it examines its reinterpretation in literary and historical texts up to the ...
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The work under review is devoted to one of the most renowned figures of the Muslim world — the 12th-century military leader and ruler, Saladin, victor over the Crusaders. On the one hand, the book explores the formation of the medieval myth of the jihad hero; on the other, it examines its reinterpretation in literary and historical texts up to the ...
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