How to Defeat the Saracens - Guillelmus Ade, Tractatus Quomodo Sarraceni Sunt Expugnandi; Text and Translation with Notes

Guillelmus Ade, Tractatus Quomodo Sarraceni Sunt Expugnandi; Text and Translation with Notes
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-88402-376-0
Verlag: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection

Buch, Englisch, 150 Seiten, Format (B × H): 261 mm x 183 mm, Gewicht: 516 g

Reihe: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Humanities

The fall of the crusader-controlled city of Acre to the Muslims in 1291 inspired many schemes for crusades to recover Jerusalem and its environs. One of these proposals is How to Defeat the Saracens, written around 1317 by William of Adam, a Dominican who traveled extensively in the eastern Mediterranean, Persia, and parts of India. The treatise, poorly known even among specialists, presents a five-pronged plan for retaking the Holy Land. In particular, it focuses on cutting off economic and military support for Egypt. William’s personal experience in the lands he describes comes through, for example, when he recollects his encounters in Persia with a captive Greek woman whose child he baptized, and in India with a lapsed Christian who said that God had abandoned him. In this volume Giles Constable provides a critical edition of the Latin text and a facing English translation. Extensive notes, produced in collaboration with other experts, guide the reader through the political, geographical, economic, military, and historical context of this fascinating work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

William Of Adam, William Of Adam

Constable, Giles

Chakravarti, Ranabir

Constable, Olivia Remie

Kolbaba, Tia

Weitere Mitwirkende

Constable, Giles

Chakravarti, Ranabir

Constable, Olivia Remie

Kolbaba, Tia

Martin, Janet M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Kolbaba, Tia
Tia Kolbaba is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Constable, Olivia Remie
Olivia Remie Constable is Professor in the Department of History and Director of the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame.

Chakravarti, Ranabir
Ranabir Chakravarti is Professor of Ancient History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Constable, Giles
Giles Constable (1929–2021) was the Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History at Harvard University and Director of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library. He was also Professor of Medieval History at the Institute for Advanced Studies.

Martin, Janet M.
Janet M. Martin is Associate Professor Emerita in the Department of Classics at Princeton University.