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Jerusalem : The Holy City in the Eyes of Chroniclers, Visitors, Pilgrims, and Prophets from the Days of Abraham to the Beginnings of Modern Times / Francis Edward Peters.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5165Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©1985Description: 1 online resource (672 p.) : 8 color photos, 48 halftones, 12 b&w illustrations, 5 mapsContent type:
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  • 9781400886166
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  • 956.94/4 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Holy Land, Holy City -- 2. Jews and Greeks in Jerusalem -- 3. Not a Stone Upon a Stone: The Destruction of the Holy City -- 4. Mother of All the Churches -- 5. The Holy House: The Muslims Come to Jerusalem -- 6. The Uncertain Glory: Jerusalem Under the Abbasids and Fatimids, A.D. 750–1000 -- 7. The Coming of the Crusade -- 8. Jerusalem Under the Latin Cross -- 9. The Holy War of Islam -- 10. The Face of Medieval Jerusalem -- 11. Piety and Polemic: The Crusader Legacy in the Holy City -- 12. The End of the Middle Ages -- 13. Jerusalem Observed: The Medieval City Through Modern Eyes -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
Summary: This remarkable portrayal of Jerusalem has become a favorite of many readers interested in this city's dramatic past. Through a collection of firsthand accounts, we see Jerusalem as it appeared through the centuries to a fascinating variety of observers--Jews, Christians, Muslims, and secularists, from pilgrim to warrior to merchant. F. E. Peters skillfully unites these moving eyewitness statements in an immensely readable narrative commentary.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Holy Land, Holy City -- 2. Jews and Greeks in Jerusalem -- 3. Not a Stone Upon a Stone: The Destruction of the Holy City -- 4. Mother of All the Churches -- 5. The Holy House: The Muslims Come to Jerusalem -- 6. The Uncertain Glory: Jerusalem Under the Abbasids and Fatimids, A.D. 750–1000 -- 7. The Coming of the Crusade -- 8. Jerusalem Under the Latin Cross -- 9. The Holy War of Islam -- 10. The Face of Medieval Jerusalem -- 11. Piety and Polemic: The Crusader Legacy in the Holy City -- 12. The End of the Middle Ages -- 13. Jerusalem Observed: The Medieval City Through Modern Eyes -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

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This remarkable portrayal of Jerusalem has become a favorite of many readers interested in this city's dramatic past. Through a collection of firsthand accounts, we see Jerusalem as it appeared through the centuries to a fascinating variety of observers--Jews, Christians, Muslims, and secularists, from pilgrim to warrior to merchant. F. E. Peters skillfully unites these moving eyewitness statements in an immensely readable narrative commentary.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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