Franks, Muslims and Oriental Christians in the Latin Levant: Studies in Frontier Acculturation

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Benjamin Z. Kedar

Franks, Muslims and Oriental Christians in the Latin Levant

Studies in Frontier Acculturation

Benjamin Z. Kedar

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Routledge
28 November 2006

Asian history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict

Series: Variorum Collected Studies

Steven Runciman characterized intellectual life in the Frankish Levant as 'disappointing'; Joshua Prawer claimed that the Franks refused to open up to the East's intellectual achievements. The present collection, the second by Benjamin Kedar in the Variorum series, presents facts that require a modification of these still largely prevailing views. The earliest laws of the Kingdom of Jerusalem were influenced by Byzantine legislation; medical routine in the Jerusalem Hospital, unparalleled in Europe, had counterparts in Oriental hospitals; worshippers of different creeds repeatedly converged; multi-directional conversion recurred time after time.

Several articles deal with groups that did abstain from intercultural contacts: Muslim villagers, Frankish clerics and hermits. One article dwells on the asymmetry of Frankish and Muslim mutual perceptions. The volume concludes with studies of specific locations: one argues that Acre was considerably larger than hitherto assumed, another compares its Venetian and Genoese quarters and attempts to locate the remains of a main street, a third reconstructs the history of Caymont.

By: Benjamin Z. Kedar
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 224mm, Width: 150mm,
Weight: 771g
ISBN: 9780754659129
ISBN 10: 0754659127
Series: Variorum Collected Studies
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 28 November 2006
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Benjamin Z. Kedar is Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.