{"product_id":"the-holy-land-in-the-middle-ages-six-travelers-accounts-paperback","title":"The Holy Land in the Middle Ages: Six Travelers' Accounts - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSt Jerome\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eN龝ir-I-Khusrau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBenjamin of Tudela\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis completely revised \u003c\/strong\u003eand updated edition presents texts written by medieval Christian, Muslim and Jewish travelers to the Holy Land, including: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSt. Jerome, The Pilgrimage of Holy Paula, c.382 CE\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePaula \u0026amp; Eustochium, Letter to Marcella on the \u2028Holy Places, 386\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMukaddasi of Jerusalem, Description of Palestine, 985\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiary of a Journey through Syria and Palestine, 1047\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTheoderich of W?zburg, Guide to the Holy Land, c.1172\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBenjamin of Tudela, Description of the Holy Land, \u2028from his \u003cem\u003eItinerary\u003c\/em\u003e, c.1173\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Holy Land in the Middle Ages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e also features\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eover 400 pages\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003enearly 100 black \u0026amp; white and color photos, historical drawings, and prints\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7 building plans\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGazetteer of places, buildings, and holy sites\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGallery of 9 City Views of Jerusalem from the 6th to \u2028the 16th century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGallery of 8 Maps of the Holy Land from c.1200 to 1630\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaps of the Holy Land and Jerusalem\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a region often\u003c\/strong\u003e caricatured by the images and rhetoric of crusade and jihad, it's important to realize that through most of its medieval history the Holy Land was host to countless curious and devout travelers of all three faiths. They sailed to the same ports, walked and rode the same roads, lodged in the same cities and towns and visited and revered the same secular and sacred sites.\u003cem\u003e The Holy Land in the Middle Ages\u003c\/em\u003e offers important texts documenting these centuries of peaceful co-existence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere has been a revival of \"crusade studies\" in recent years, sometimes marked by contentious claims of \"clash of civilizations,\" the deeply violent nature of the religions of the book and the ineluctable structures of colonialism and militarism. But the following accounts offer a different narrative: of devotion that goes beyond religious labels, of a mixture of peoples and faiths that left room for curiosity and for a practical tolerance of the other. As the following pages reveal, the narrators of these works were less interested in issues of religious contention, territorial domination or cultural hegemony and more in the history, legends, art and architecture, the sounds, smells and tastes, the peoples, products and goods, and in the topography and sacred geography of the Holy Land.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e410 pages. Index, bibliography. Over 100 illustrations in color and b\u0026amp;w.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 412\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779324117280,"sku":"9781599103136","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c18e23132fee3f24a7606133d8c15b88.webp?v=1780515381","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-holy-land-in-the-middle-ages-six-travelers-accounts-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}