Author’s preface to the English translation
Preface
Introduction
I The development of the Syrian system of autonomous lordships
(c.1070-1099)
The system of autonomous lordships before the First Crusade
(c.1070-1099)
Frankish-Muslim alliances and treaties during the First Crusade
(1097-99)
II Relations between the Frankish, Turkish and Arab states in the
period of the Syrian autonomous lordships (1098-1158)
The territorial expansion of the Frankish lordships and their
integration (1098-1112/13)
The paradigm of the ‘counter-Crusade’: The Syrian lordships and the
advance of Turkish allied armies from the east (1098-1128)
Syrian alliance politics from the expansion of the Zengid dominions
to the Frankish-Byzantine rapprochement (1128-58)
III Frankish-Muslim relations in the period of Nur al-Din and
Saladin (1158-92)
The expansion of the ‘no place’ doctrine and Frankish policy
towards Egypt and Byzantium (1158-74)
Franks, Zengids and Nizaris: The Syrian lordships confronting the
expansion of the Ayyubid dominions (1174-83)
Between treaty policy and confrontation, subordination and jihad:
Frankish-Ayyubid relations from the peak of the party disputes in
Jerusalem to the end of Saladin’s life (1184-93)
A glance at Frankish-Muslim relations in the thirteenth century
IV Instruments and implications of Frankish-Muslim legal relations
in the Middle East during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
Technicalities and validity of Frankish-Muslim treaties in the
twelfth and thirteenth centuries
The formation and function of Muslim-Frankish condominia
(munāṣafāt) in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Maps
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).
‘… 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 Köhler’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-Masāq 28.1 (2016), 97-99.
DOI: 10.1080/09503110.2016.1152819
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