Painted Churches and Rock-cut Chapels of Lebanon
Title | Painted Churches and Rock-cut Chapels of Lebanon PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Sader |
Publisher | |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | |
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Painted Churches and Rock-cut Chapels of Lebanon
Title | Painted Churches and Rock-cut Chapels of Lebanon PDF eBook |
Author | Youhanna Sader |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Cave churches |
ISBN |
Painting churches and rock-cut chapels of Lebanon
Title | Painting churches and rock-cut chapels of Lebanon PDF eBook |
Author | Yuhanna Sadir |
Publisher | |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Church architecture |
ISBN |
The Counts of Tripoli and Lebanon in the Twelfth Century
Title | The Counts of Tripoli and Lebanon in the Twelfth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin James Lewis |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 2017-04-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317052595 |
The county of Tripoli in what is now North Lebanon is arguably the most neglected of the so-called ‘crusader states’ established in the Middle East at the beginning of the twelfth century. The present work is the first monograph on the county to be published in English, and the first in any western language since 1945. What little has been written on the subject previously has focused upon the European ancestry of the counts of Tripoli: a specifically Southern French heritage inherited from the famous crusader Raymond IV of Saint-Gilles. Kevin Lewis argues that past historians have at once exaggerated the political importance of the counts’ French descent and ignored the more compelling signs of its cultural impact, highlighting poetry composed by troubadours in Occitan at Tripoli’s court. For Lewis, however, even this belies a deeper understanding of the processes that shaped the county. What emerges is an intriguing portrait of the county in which its rulers struggled to exert their power over Lebanon in the face of this region’s insurmountable geographical forces and its sometimes bewildering, always beguiling diversity of religions, languages and cultures. The counts of Tripoli and contemporary Muslim onlookers certainly viewed the dynasty as sons of Saint-Gilles, but the county’s administration relied upon Arabic, its stability upon the mixed loyalties of its local inhabitants, and its very existence upon the rugged mountains that cradled it. This book challenges prevailing knowledge of this little-known crusader state and by extension the medieval Middle East as a whole. .
The Frescoes of Mar Musa Al-Habashi
Title | The Frescoes of Mar Musa Al-Habashi PDF eBook |
Author | Erica Dodd |
Publisher | PIMS |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780888441393 |
East and West in the Crusader States
Title | East and West in the Crusader States PDF eBook |
Author | Krijna Nelly Ciggaar |
Publisher | Peeters Publishers |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9789042912878 |
Scholars studying texts, works of art, and other material belonging to Christian and Muslim, eastern and western communities affected by the crusader phenomenon share findings and views. A dozen papers present perspectives of the western Latin community, various indigenous Christian communities, travel reports characterized by strong personal and even intimate observations, and crafts and arts. Distributed by The David Brown Book Company. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States
Title | Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Hamilton |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 565 |
Release | 2020-10-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521836387 |
The first comprehensive survey of monasteries and monasticism in the Near East during the 'Crusader' period.