by Thomas Asbridge (2010)
Thomas Asbridge presents the definitive modern narrative of the Crusades, examining contemporary Christian and Muslim chronicles to tell the brutal, two-hundred-year struggle for the Holy City of Jerusalem.
Tamim Ansary
Tamim Ansary tells the history of the world as seen from the Islamic heartland, revealing a parallel narrative where Rome’s fall was a minor sideshow and the vibrant caliphates were the true center of civilization.
Albert Hourani, Malise Ruthven
Albert Hourani’s international bestseller provides a panoramic account of the Arab-speaking world across twelve centuries, examining culture, theology, trade, and politics from Muhammad to modern day.
S.D. Church
"If the medieval king was the helmsman of the ship of state, the royal household was the ship's engine. It comprised men from most ranks of society, from the great magnates of the realm to simple servants who looked after the day-to-day needs of the king and his court. English government, in both peace and war, was conducted through the royal household, amongst whom the most important men were the king's knights: socially elite, militarily preeminent, and indispensable for the workings of English medieval government. It is with these men during the reign of King John that this work is concerned."--Jacket.
Nadia R. Altschul
This work examines the relationship between medievalism and colonialism in the 19th-century Hispanic American context through the striking case of the Creole Andrés Bello (1781-1865), a Venezuelan grammarian and politician, and his lifelong philological work on the medieval heroic narrative 'The Poem of the Cid'.