The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim WorldAngeliki E. Laiou, Roy P. Mottahedeh The essays in this volume demonstrate that on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean there were rich, variegated, and important phenomena associated with the Crusades, and that a full understanding of the significance of the movement and its impact on both the East and West must take these phenomena into account. |
Contents
Crusades and Holy | 23 |
Holy War in Byzantium | 31 |
Approaches and Attitudes | 41 |
Thirteenth Century | 53 |
The Crusaders through Armenian Eyes | 71 |
Perception and Reality from | 83 |
Immediate Literary Reactions | 101 |
Themes and Changes | 117 |
The Crusades and the Economy of the Eastern Mediterranean | 145 |
Byzantine Trade with Christians and Muslims and the Crusades | 157 |
The Impact of the West | 197 |
Art and Architecture | 235 |
Byzantine Architecture | 247 |
Art and Identity in the Medieval Morea | 263 |
List of Abbreviations | 287 |
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