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William of Adam: How to defeat the Saracens

William of Adam: How to defeat the Saracens Book Reviews 279 GILES CONSTABLE (Trans.), 2012 Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection xii + 138 pp., ill., maps US$34.95 (hardback) ISBN 97808840223760 In this translation, Giles Constable stays sensibly behind the curtain and allows William of Adam to speak, uninterrupted by a profusion of footnotes, in this jewel of a narrative. Constable’s translation is as direct as Adam’s voice is in Latin, as is his introduction, which offers a clear way in to Adam’s narrative. The book has gar- nered praise from two renowned medieval historians, Malcolm Barber and John France, who have reviewed Adam’s work for what it has to say about Christian efforts to rid Jerusalem of its Muslim rulers. This review, however, will broaden the discussion by considering William of Adam’s blueprint for a new holy war against the Muslims. The review ends with a short discussion of how Adam’s text could be used in the classroom. Guilelmo Ade or William of Adam may have been born in 1275 in south-western France. Extant records suggest that he was a Dominican and served first as bishop of Smyrna and then as bishop of the Sultanieh archdiocese. The latter incorporated the whole of the Ilkhanate, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean Taylor & Francis

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Book Reviews 279 GILES CONSTABLE (Trans.), 2012 Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection xii + 138 pp., ill., maps US$34.95 (hardback) ISBN 97808840223760 In this translation, Giles Constable stays sensibly behind the curtain and allows William of Adam to speak, uninterrupted by a profusion of footnotes, in this jewel of a narrative. Constable’s translation is as direct as Adam’s voice is in Latin, as is his introduction, which offers a clear way in to...
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Book Reviews 279 GILES CONSTABLE (Trans.), 2012 Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection xii + 138 pp., ill., maps US$34.95 (hardback) ISBN 97808840223760 In this translation, Giles Constable stays sensibly behind the curtain and allows William of Adam to speak, uninterrupted by a profusion of footnotes, in this jewel of a narrative. Constable’s translation is as direct as Adam’s voice is in Latin, as is his introduction, which offers a clear way in to Adam’s narrative. The book has gar- nered praise from two renowned medieval historians, Malcolm Barber and John France, who have reviewed Adam’s work for what it has to say about Christian efforts to rid Jerusalem of its Muslim rulers. This review, however, will broaden the discussion by considering William of Adam’s blueprint for a new holy war against the Muslims. The review ends with a short discussion of how Adam’s text could be used in the classroom. Guilelmo Ade or William of Adam may have been born in 1275 in south-western France. Extant records suggest that he was a Dominican and served first as bishop of Smyrna and then as bishop of the Sultanieh archdiocese. The latter incorporated the whole of the Ilkhanate,

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