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Title: An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the Crusades
Condition: New
Subtitle: Memoirs of Usamah ibn-Munqidh
Author: Philip K. Hitti
Translator: Philip K. Hitti
Contributor: Philip K. Hitti (Translated by), Richard Bulliet (Foreword by)
Format: Hardback
ISBN-10: 0231121245
EAN: 9780231121248
ISBN: 9780231121248
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Genre: Biography
Topic: Society & Culture, Social Sciences, History
Release Date: 22/06/2000
Description: The life of UsA mah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished in the period of the early Crusades. His memoirs present an uncommon non-European perspective and understanding of the military and cultural contact between East and West, Muslim and Christian. His writing is remarkable for its narrative clarity, its humanity, and its wealth of perceptive details.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 152mm
Item Length: 231mm
Book Series: Records of Western Civilization Series
Release Year: 2000

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