The race for paradise : (Record no. 56386)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780199358113
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0199358117
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number D157
Item number C58 2014
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cobb, Paul M., 1967-
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The race for paradise :
Remainder of title an Islamic history of the crusades /
Statement of responsibility, etc Paul M. Cobb
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Oxford University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2014.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxii, 335 pages :
Other physical details illustrations (some color), maps ;
Dimensions 25cm
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note 504 Includes bibliographical references ( pages 285-321) and <br/> index <br/>505 0 Prologue: Damascus Crossroads -- The abode of Islam -- The<br/> frightened sea -- Prey of the sword -- Against the enemies<br/> of God -- Testing our might -- The fallen tent -- From <br/> every deep valley -- Wolves and lions -- Let them be our <br/> rulogists -- Epilogue: Buried horsemen <br/>520 "In The Race for Paradise, Paul M. Cobb offers an accurate<br/> and accessible representation of the Islamic experience of<br/> the Crusades during the Middle Ages. Cobb overturns <br/> previous claims and presents new arguments, such as the <br/> idea that the Frankish invasions of the Near East were <br/> something of a side-show to the broader internal conflict <br/> between Sunnis and Shi'ites in the region. The Race for <br/> Paradise moves along two fronts as Cobb stresses that, for<br/> medieval Muslims, the contemporaneous Latin Christian <br/> expansion throughout the Mediterranean was seen as closely<br/> linked to events in the Levant. As a consequence of this <br/> expanded geographical range, the book takes a broader <br/> chronological range to encompass the campaigns of Spanish <br/> kings north of the Ebro and the Norman conquest of Sicily <br/> (beginning in 1060), well before Pope Urban II's famous <br/> call to the First Crusade in 1095. Finally, The Race for <br/> Paradise brilliantly combats the trend to portray the <br/> history of the Crusades, particularly the Islamic <br/> experience, in simplistic or binary terms. Muslims did not<br/> solely experience the Crusades as fanatical warriors or as<br/> helpless victims, Cobb writes; as with any other human <br/> experience of similar magnitude, the Crusades were <br/> experienced in a great variety of ways, ranging from <br/> heroic martyrdom, to collaboration, to utter indifference"<br/> --|cProvided by publisher <br/>
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Crusades
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Islam
General subdivision Relations
-- Christianity
-- History
Chronological subdivision To 1500
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Christianity and other religions
General subdivision Islam
-- History
Chronological subdivision To 1500
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Muslims
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision To 1500
Geographic subdivision Mediterranean Region
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Source of term fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628
Non-focus term History.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Item type Book
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Barcode Copy number Price effective from Koha item type
    Library of Congress Classification     Non-fiction Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation 24/06/2021 Donations TBN 3500.00 D157 .C58 2014 065797 1 24/06/2021 Book