Impact of Crusades on Islamdom
Please tell me about the good or bad impact that the Crusades had on Islamdom. Go into detail about the long-term effects of the crusading movement and how it hindered unification of Islam into a single state.
A full review of "The Age of the Crusades: The Near East from the Eleventh Century to 1517", by P.M. Holt (Longman, 1986), xiii, 250. Review by Dr. Paul-Thomas Ferguson. In his review, Dr. Ferguson addresses the material covered in the work and analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the author's approach.
Arab Perspectives on the Crusades - A Comparative Review
A Comparative Review of "Arab Historians of the Crusades", by Francesco Gabrieli (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969), xxxvi, 362; and "The Crusades Through Arab Eyes", by Amin Maalouf (New York: Schocken Books, 1985), xvi, 293. Review by Dr. Paul-Thomas Ferguson. In this review, Dr. Ferguson compares and contrasts ...continues
