Jerusalem : the holy city in the eyes of chroniclers, visitors, pilgrims, and prophets, from the days of Abraham to the beginnings of modern times / F.E. Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peters, F. E. (Francis E.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jerusalem--History--Sources.

Jerusalem.

Middle East--Jerusalem.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

xiv, 656 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1985]

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.

Contents:

Holy Land, holy city

Jews and Greeks in Jerusalem

Not a stone upon a stone : the destruction of the Holy City

Mother of All the Churches

The Holy House : the Muslims come to Jerusalem

The uncertain glory : Jerusalem under the Abbasids and Fatimids, A.D. 750-1000

The coming of the Crusade

Jerusalem under the Latin Cross

The Holy War of Islam

The face of medieval Jerusalem

Piety and polemic : the Crusader legacy in the Holy City

The end of the Middle Ages

Jerusalem observed : the medieval city through modern eyes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 587-636) and index.

Local Notes:

CJS copy acc.# 200995

ISBN:

0691073007

9780691073002

0691006415

9780691006413

OCLC:

12189147

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