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Negotiating Cultures

Bilingual Surrender Treaties in Muslim-Crusader Spain under James the Conqueror

By: William C.G. Burns,Paul Chevedden

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Negotiating Cultures

Bilingual Surrender Treaties in Muslim-Crusader Spain under James the Conqueror

By: William C.G. Burns,Paul Chevedden

James I "the Conqueror", king of Arago-Catalonia, conquered Mediterranean Spain from Islam during fifty crusading years (1225-1276). From his many surrender treaties, only two survive in their interlinear bilingual originals, both presented here. Each reflects the fragmentation of post-Almohad Islam, the warrior heroes of Islam carving recalcitrant principalities out of the confusion, the hard-fought local negotiations and the confrontation between two radically opposed mentalities. The full meaning of these battered and deteriorated bits of parchment emerges only from minute reconstruction of the Arabic and Latinate texts and especially from ever-widening circles of changing contexts in each world, an historical kaleidoscope. Many surprises here await students of medieval Europe, the Islamic West, Spain, the Crusades, diplomacy, Mudejars/Moriscos, and cultural conflict and interchange.

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BRILL

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9004476644

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9789004476646

Mercenaries to Conquerors

Norman Warfare in the Eleventh & Twelfth-Century Mediterranean

By: Paul Brown

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Mercenaries to Conquerors

Norman Warfare in the Eleventh & Twelfth-Century Mediterranean

By: Paul Brown

When a band of Norman adventurers arrived in southern Italy to fight in the Lombard insurrections against the Byzantine empire in the early 1000s, few would have predicted that within a generation these men would have seized control of Apulia, Calabria and Sicily. How did they make such extraordinary gains and then consolidate their power? Paul Brown, in this thoroughly researched and absorbing study, seeks to answer these questions and throw light onto the Norman conquests across the Mediterranean. Throughout he focuses on the military side of their progress, as they advanced from mercenaries to conquerors, then crusaders. The story of the campaigns they undertook in Italy, Sicily, the Balkans and the Near East reveals their remarkable talent for war. The dominant role played by a succession of Norman leaders is a key theme of the narrative a line of ambitious and ruthless soldiers that ran from Robert Guiscard and Bohemond to Roger II and Tancred.

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171

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Pen and Sword

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1473880106

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9781473880108

The Story of the Gun

History, Science, and Impact on Society

By: Paul J. Hazell

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The Story of the Gun

History, Science, and Impact on Society

By: Paul J. Hazell

This engaging and accessible book explains the scientific principles behind guns, both ancient and modern. It connects their evolution to advances in science, as well as tracing the developments of projectiles and propellants. It is not limited to small arms but also looks at the science of enormous guns such the Paris Gun, for example, and reviews the efforts to build a gun to launch projectiles into space. Extremely fast guns are also covered, such as two-stage guns and rail guns. Further, the book provides insight into the science of terminal ballistics and wound ballistics as well as the challenging subject of gun control. It is full of interesting facts for all who are curious about the science and history of guns, as well as those for whom the gun is an accessory of their profession.

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200

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Springer Nature

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3030736520

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9783030736521

The Race for Paradise

An Islamic History of the Crusades

By: Paul M. Cobb

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The Race for Paradise

An Islamic History of the Crusades

By: Paul M. Cobb

An accessible and stirring representation of what it means to be "the crusaded," The Race for Paradise captures for the first time the rich variety of the Islamic experience of the Crusades during the Middle Ages.

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Oxford University Press

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0190614463

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The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal

Volume 15, 1987

By: The J. Paul Getty Museum

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The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal

Volume 15, 1987

By: The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 15 is a compendium of articles and notes pertaining to the Museum's permanent collections of antiquities, decorative arts, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, photographs, and sculpture and works of art. This volume includes a supplement introduced by John Walsh with a fully illustrated checklist of the Getty’s recent acquisitions. Volume 15 includes articles written by Jeffery Spier, Michael Pfrommer, Cornelius C. Vermeule, Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, Robert S. Nelson, Carl Brandon Stehlke, Peter Sutton, John T. Spike, Victor Carlson, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, and Herbert Keutner.

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Getty Publications

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0892361336

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9780892361335

Negotiating Cultures

Bilingual Surrender Treaties in Muslim-Crusader Spain under James the Conqueror

By: William C.G. Burns,Paul Chevedden

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Bilingual Surrender Treaties in Muslim-Crusader Spain under James the Conqueror

By: William C.G. Burns,Paul Chevedden

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The Song Forever New

Lent and Easter with Charles Wesley

By: Paul Wesley Chilcote

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The Song Forever New

Lent and Easter with Charles Wesley

By: Paul Wesley Chilcote

A daily devotional inspired by the hymns of Charles Wesley, this book paves the way for spiritual pilgrimage throughout this sacred period of the Christian year. Wesley’s lyrical theology and hymns represent a monumental devotional treasure within both the Anglican and Methodist heritage. Sacred texts from Wesley’s Redemption Hymns and Resurrection Hymns are particularly well suited to the themes of Lent and Easter. Selections from both these collections are featured in the volume, including “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling,” as well as hymns, such as “Christ the Lord is Risen Today,” drawn from a wider selection of Wesley’s works. The hymns are arranged around themes tied to scriptural texts proper to each day. Each of the fifty-four meditations includes a biblical text, the Wesley hymn selection (with a recommended tune for singing from the Episcopal Hymnal 1982), a brief meditation, and a prayer for the day. Suggestions are also provided for the use of these materials in a pattern of either Morning or Evening Prayer.

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Church Publishing, Inc.

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0819223735

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9780819223739

Letter & Spirit, Vol. 10

Christ Our Passover: Theological Exegesis of St. Paul

By: St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology

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Letter & Spirit, Vol. 10

Christ Our Passover: Theological Exegesis of St. Paul

By: St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology

The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and Dr. Scott Hahn present the tenth annual edition of Letter & Spirit with the theme "Christ Our Passover." The articles, while academic in nature, are easily accessible to the average reader and can be read with great profit, both spiritually and in coming to learn the truths of the Catholic faith more deeply.

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1941447341

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Book's by Paul Chevedden

Negotiating Cultures

Negotiating Cultures

Mercenaries to Conquerors

Mercenaries to Conquerors

The Story of the Gun

The Story of the Gun

The Race for Paradise

The Race for Paradise

The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal

The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal

Negotiating Cultures

Negotiating Cultures

The Song Forever New

The Song Forever New

Letter & Spirit, Vol. 10

Letter & Spirit, Vol. 10

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