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CRUSADE AND JIHAD THE WARS KNOWN AS HOLY

CRUSADE AND JIHAD THE WARS KNOWN AS HOLY Review Essay C RU SADE AND J IHAD : TH E W ARS KNOWN AS H O LY P AM ELA B E RGE R Boston College Hillenbrand, Carole. The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives . Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1999. Pp. 648 + 543 illustrations. $50.00 paper. Partner, Peter. God of Battles: Holy Wars of Christianity and Islam . Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. Pp. xxvii + 364 + 24 illustrations + 9 maps. $16.95 paper. Weiss, Daniel H. Art and Crusade in the Age of Saint Louis . Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. xvi + 279 + 104 illustra- tions. $85.00 cloth. * I n the late eleventh century the Turks were creating an Islamic hegemony over large areas which previously had been under the suzerainty of Christian Byzantium. In 1095 the Byzantine emperor, Alexis Comnenus, sent ambassadors to a church council in Clermont called by Pope Urban II. It has been surmised that the emperor requested troops to serve under him in his battle against the Turks. He may even have evoked the specter of the desecration of the Holy Sepulcher, which was under the protection of the Muslims. From the pope’s point of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Religion and the Arts Brill

CRUSADE AND JIHAD THE WARS KNOWN AS HOLY

Religion and the Arts , Volume 5 (4): 484 – Jan 1, 2001

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© 2001 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1079-9265
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10.1163/156852901317289751
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Review Essay C RU SADE AND J IHAD : TH E W ARS KNOWN AS H O LY P AM ELA B E RGE R Boston College Hillenbrand, Carole. The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives . Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1999. Pp. 648 + 543 illustrations. $50.00 paper. Partner, Peter. God of Battles: Holy Wars of Christianity and Islam . Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. Pp. xxvii + 364 + 24 illustrations + 9 maps. $16.95 paper. Weiss, Daniel H. Art and Crusade in the Age of Saint Louis . Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. xvi + 279 + 104 illustra- tions. $85.00 cloth. * I n the late eleventh century the Turks were creating an Islamic hegemony over large areas which previously had been under the suzerainty of Christian Byzantium. In 1095 the Byzantine emperor, Alexis Comnenus, sent ambassadors to a church council in Clermont called by Pope Urban II. It has been surmised that the emperor requested troops to serve under him in his battle against the Turks. He may even have evoked the specter of the desecration of the Holy Sepulcher, which was under the protection of the Muslims. From the pope’s point of

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