Usama Ibn Munqidh Warrior-Poet of the Age of Crusades

Name: Usama Ibn Munqidh Warrior-Poet of the Age of Crusades
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ISBN: 9781851684038

ISBN-10: 1851684034

ISBN-13: 9781851684038

Edition: 2005

Authors: Paul M. Cobb

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A fascinating portrait of Usama ibn Munquidh, the famed 12th century warrior-poet and chronicler of everyday Muslim in the era of the first Crusade.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Publication date: 2/22/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The Youth and the Castle


The setting of Shayzar


Childhood


Hunting at Shayzar


Shayzar's bad neighbors


Nizaris attack Shayzar


Relations with the Franks


Quiet moments


Exile


Service to Zangi


Last days in Hama



The Outcast and the Kings


Damascus (1138-1144)


Usama among the Franks


Trouble in Damascus


Egyptian adventures (1144-1154)


The lesson of Ridwan


A new patron


An expedition to Syria


Conspiracy in Cairo


The final straw


Damascus and Nur al-Din (1154-1164)


Calamity



The Poet and the Tomb


Diyar Bakr (1164-1174)


Literary output


Denouement in Damascus (1174-1188)


Intellectual pursuits



Order and Chaos


God's will and the vicissitudes of Time


Usama's Islam


Pious exemplars and the miraculous


Women's honor


Male honor and social status


The manners and customs of animals


Conclusion



Franks and Muslims


Usama, ethnographer


Usama and the coming of the Crusades


Usama on Antioch


Social relations with the Franks


Medicine


Frankish justice


Usama and Christianity


Afterword


Further reading


Works cited


Principal people encountered in this book


Simplified lists of principal dynasties and rulers in Usama's lifetime


Index