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The Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period: Ibn ʿAsākir of Damascus (1105–1176) and His Age, with an Edition and Translation of Ibn ʿAsākir's The Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad

The Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period: Ibn ʿAsākir... 280 Book Reviews effectively gutted Christianity of its power and presence in Palestine. Without such power and presence, Natione Cathalaunum was effectively separated from its spiritual birthplace. Adam appears to have keenly felt this trauma of separation. Christendom’s response was therefore predictable: a call to arms to rid Jerusalem of its Muslim rulers. Adam added his own narrative to this chorus during a French sabbatical soon after his return from the Bosphorus in 1317. His original text bore no formal title but was presented as “a guide for a general crusade” in which he pro- posed a trading embargo to asphyxiate Muslim power in the southern Mediterra- nean and the excommunication of merchants and seafarers consorting with Muslims. Both measures were designed to destabilise Muslim economic power in the region, while a direct assault on Constantinople would spell its demise as an enabler of Christian–Muslim coexistence. The final thrust would inflict a decisive blow on Muslim rulers in Jerusalem. Although Adam’s strategy was well thought out, the proposal failed to gain traction for a variety of reasons, one of which was the continuing and growing ascendancy of Muslims in the region, which ultimately led to the rise of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean Taylor & Francis

The Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period: Ibn ʿAsākir of Damascus (1105–1176) and His Age, with an Edition and Translation of Ibn ʿAsākir's The Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad

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The Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period: Ibn ʿAsākir of Damascus (1105–1176) and His Age, with an Edition and Translation of Ibn ʿAsākir's The Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad

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280 Book Reviews effectively gutted Christianity of its power and presence in Palestine. Without such power and presence, Natione Cathalaunum was effectively separated from its spiritual birthplace. Adam appears to have keenly felt this trauma of separation. Christendom’s response was therefore predictable: a call to arms to rid Jerusalem of its Muslim rulers. Adam added his own narrative to this chorus during a French sabbatical soon after his return from the Bosphorus in 1317. His...
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280 Book Reviews effectively gutted Christianity of its power and presence in Palestine. Without such power and presence, Natione Cathalaunum was effectively separated from its spiritual birthplace. Adam appears to have keenly felt this trauma of separation. Christendom’s response was therefore predictable: a call to arms to rid Jerusalem of its Muslim rulers. Adam added his own narrative to this chorus during a French sabbatical soon after his return from the Bosphorus in 1317. His original text bore no formal title but was presented as “a guide for a general crusade” in which he pro- posed a trading embargo to asphyxiate Muslim power in the southern Mediterra- nean and the excommunication of merchants and seafarers consorting with Muslims. Both measures were designed to destabilise Muslim economic power in the region, while a direct assault on Constantinople would spell its demise as an enabler of Christian–Muslim coexistence. The final thrust would inflict a decisive blow on Muslim rulers in Jerusalem. Although Adam’s strategy was well thought out, the proposal failed to gain traction for a variety of reasons, one of which was the continuing and growing ascendancy of Muslims in the region, which ultimately led to the rise of the

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