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100 1 $aEddé, Anne-Marie.
240 10 $aSaladin.$lEnglish
245 10 $aSaladin /$cAnne-Marie Eddé ; translated by Jane Marie Todd.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press,$c2011.
300 $axvii, 660 p., [16] p. of plates :$bcol. ill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.[625]-639)and index.
505 0 $aList of figures -- Chronology -- Introduction -- PART I. Ascent: 1. Saladin's world -- 2. Training period -- 3. Vizier in Cairo -- 4. The end of the Fatimids -- 5. Nur al-Din's lieutenant in Egypt -- PART II. The sultan: 6. Usurper or legitimate sultan? -- 7. The caliph's backing -- 8. Conception of power -- 9. Founding a dynasty -- 10. The support of the elites -- 11. The elaboration of an image -- PART III. Jihad: 12. Image and propaganda -- 13. Strategic interests -- 14. The victorious campaigns -- 15. The third crusade -- 16. The rules of war -- 17. The gaze of the other -- PART IV. In everyday life: 18. Between image and reality -- 19. Saladin and suffering -- PART V. Governance: 20. Guardian of the faith -- 21. Christians and Jews -- 22. The state, the prince, and the subjects -- 23. Commerce and markets -- PART VI. The legend: 24. Birth and development -- 25. Antihero or prophet foretold? -- 26. The valiant and generous knight -- 27. Between Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad -- 28. The myth of the Arab hero -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Saladin historiography -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
546 $aTranslated from the French.
600 00 $aSaladin,$cSultan of Egypt and Syria,$d1137-1193.
650 0 $aCrusades$yThird, 1189-1192.
651 0 $aEgypt$xKings and rulers$vBiography.
651 0 $aSyria$xKings and rulers$vBiography.
651 0 $aIslamic Empire$xHistory$y750-1258.
700 1 $aTodd, Jane Marie,$d1957-