The Cutting Edge of the Poet’s Sword: Muslim Poetic Responses to the Crusades

The Cutting Edge of the Poet’s Sword: Muslim Poetic Responses to the Crusades
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 311
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ISBN-10 : 9789004345225
ISBN-13 : 9004345221
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Download or read book The Cutting Edge of the Poet’s Sword: Muslim Poetic Responses to the Crusades written by Osman Latiff and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive analysis of Arabic poetry during the period of the crusades (sixth/twelfth-seventh/thirteenth centuries), Osman Latiff provides an insightful examination of the poets who inspired Muslims to unite in the jihād against the Franks. The Cutting Edge of the Poet’s Sword not only contributes to our understanding of literary history, it also illuminates a broad spectrum of religiosity and the role of political propaganda in the anti-Frankish Muslim struggle. Latiff shows how poets, often used by the ruling elite to promote their rule, emphasised the centrality of Islam’s holy sites to inspire the Muslim response to the occupation and later reconquest of Jerusalem, and expressed some surprising views of Frankish Christians.


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