Records of Western Civilization: An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the Crusades (Paperback)

Philip K Hitti; Richard Bulliet
Columbia University Press
 9780231121255
0-231-12125-3

The life of Usmah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished in the period of the early Crusades. His memoirs present an uncommon non-European perspective and understanding.

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of the military and cultural contact between East and West, Muslim and Christian. His writing is remarkable for its narrative clarity, its humanity, and its wealth of perceptive details.