first edition Hardcover
2001 · Washington, D.C.
by Laiou, Angeliki E. and Roy Parviz Mottahedeh (Editors)
Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. A scholarly reassessment of the Crusades on the 900th anniversary of the appearance of crusading armies outside Nicaea. The 15 papers presented here include studies on the idea of the Jihad before the Crusades, the notion of holy war in Byzantium, the representation of Europe in Arab hero cycles, Islamic views of Byzantium, the Crusades through Armenian eyes, Byzantium views of Latin Christianity, changing patterns of eastern Mediterranean trade and economy caused by the Crusades, and the impact of western art and architecture on the forms of Islam and Byzantium. Tall octavo: vi, [2], 297 p. with textual illustrations. Original burgundy cloth binding, with silver titles. A fine in a near fine dust jacket with some light sun fading. (Inventory #: 77297)