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Saladin - The Politics of the Holy War

By: Cambridge University Press

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Cambridge University Press)

Last Stocked on 6/4/2016

Product Info

Title
Saladin - The Politics of the Holy War
Category
Author
Malcolm C. Lyons
Publish Year
1997
Pages
464
Dimensions
5.5x8.5x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147571154
MFG. Part #
0-521-58562-7
Type
Softcover

Description

Saladin was one of the best-known figures of the Middle Ages. The West accepted him as a hero; Islam was indebted to him for the recovery of Jerusalem. Much of his life, however, was spent in fighting his fellow Muslims, and what unity he managed to impose on his dominions was shattered at his death. The history of his career is complicated by the fact that as well as being a military leader he was a diplomat, politician, and administrator, but the details of his manipulation of power in these several spheres shed important light on the structure of Islam, its unifying and divisive elements, and the society I which these operated.