SARACENS

sârˈəsənz, term commonly used by medieval Europeans to designate the Arabs and, by extension, the Muslims in general, whether they were Arabs, Moors, or Seljuk Turks.

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books on: Saracens  - 2529 results

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Saracens: Islam in the Medieval European Imagination
Book by John V. Tolan; Columbia University Press, 2002
Subjects: Christianity And Other Religions--Islam, Islam--Historiography, Islam--Relations--Christianity, Middle Ages--Historiography
Saracens Saracens ISLAM IN THE MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN IMAGINATION John V. Tolan...of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tolan, John Victor, 1959 Saracens: Islam in the medieval European imagination / John V. Tolan. p. cm...
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Nicholas Nickleby
Book by Hablôt Knight Browne, Charles Dickens; Books, Inc., 1868
Subjects: Fiction
...PHIZ THE YORKSHIRE SCHOOLMASTER AT THE SARACENS HEAD CLEARTYPE EDITION THE WORKS...THE YORKSHIRE SCHOOLMASTER AT THE SARACENS HEAD ......... Frontispiece NEWMAN...attends daily, from one till four, at the Saracens Head, Snow Hill. N. B. An able assistant...
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Saladin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Book by Stanley Lane-Poole; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1898
Subjects: Egypt--Kings And Rulers--Biography, Islamic Empire--History--750-1258, Jerusalem--History--Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244, Saladin--Sultan Of Egypt And Syria--1137-1193, Syria--Kings And Rulers--Biography
...STRATFORD CANNING", "THE ART OF THE SARACENS" "CAIRO", "STUDIES IN A MOSQUE...surnamed after the fashion of the Saracens Nejm-ed-din, or "Star of the Faith...conditions in which the future leader of the Saracens would have to shape his career. The...
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The Spirit of Islam: A History of the Evolution and Ideals of Islam with a Life of the Prophet
Book by Ameer Ali; Christophers, 1922
Subjects: Islam, Muohammad--Prophet--D. 632
...HIS MAJESTYS PRIVY COUNCIL AUTHOR OF A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SARACENS MOHAMMEDAN LAW, ETC. "What matters it whether the words... --The foundation of Bagdad--Mamun, the Augustus of the Saracens-Al-Muiz li-din-illah-The Dar-ul-Hikmat of Cairo-- Astronomy...
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The Moors in Spain
Book by Stanley Lane-Poole, Arthur Gilman; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1903
Subjects: Muslims--Spain--History--711-1516, Spain--History--711-1516
...THE STORY OF ROME," "THE STORY OF THE SARACENS," ETC. NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAMS SONS...Atlantic Ocean. The Mohammedans, or Saracens a word which means "Easterns" , were...beginning of the eighth century, when the Saracens had reached the African shore of the...
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journal articles on: Saracens  - 104 results

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Crusading Ideology and the Frescoes of S. Maria in Cosmedin
Journal article by Anne Derbes; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 77, 1995
Subjects: Art, Art criticism, Art history, Church buildings, Middle Ages, Rome Italy
...ancestors, which inspire war against the Saracens"--documents the power of images to inflame...the Cronica profetica wrote: "That the Saracens were going to possess the land of the...of the crusades routinely refer to the Saracens "pollution" of the Temple, the Holy Sepulcher...
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Cannibalism, the First Crusade, and the Genesis of Medieval Romance
Journal article by Geraldine Heng; Differences, Vol. 10, 1998
Subjects: Feminism, Feminist Criticism, Women, Women--United States
...off pieces from the buttocks of the Saracens already dead there, which they cooked...the many already fetid bodies of the Saracens which they had cast into the swamps of...many of us turned back. . . . But the Saracens and the Turks said on the contrary...
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Moses and the Princess: Josephus' 'Antiquitates Judaicae' and the Chansons De Geste
Journal article by Mark Balfour; Medium Aevum, Vol. 64, 1995
Subjects: Chansons de geste--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...act of vengeance, this time against the Saracens for invading Gods land and killing Christians...Christian West in the Holy Land against the Saracens. Although there are conflicting views...the chansons de geste the defeat of the Saracens, the fall of the city (in which often...
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Plato's Timaeus and the Song of Roland: Remarks on Oxford Bodleian MS Digby 23
Journal article by K. Sarah-Jane Murray; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 83, 2004
Subjects: Manuscripts, English (Middle)--Authorship, Manuscripts, English (Middle)--Research, Middle English manuscripts--Authorship, Middle English manuscripts--Research, Plato--Criticism and interpretation, Song of Roland (Poem)--Translations and translating, Timaeus (Essay)--Translations and translating
...of the Christian Roman Empire over the Saracens. (2) The Timaeus and the Roland were...emphasis) (13) in the battle against the Saracens at Roncevaux. Those men are our ancestors...is attacked by the Basques, not by the Saracens. And, whereas the enemy flees under the...
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Diorama of Medieval Weather
Journal article by Sigman Byrd; New England Review, Vol. 17, 1995
Subjects: Poetry
Sigman Byrd Diorama of Medieval Weather Surely, the weather of soothsayers and saracens had returned, weather of many runic clouds scuttling over the city with dark, latinate names that no one remembered. Another...
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magazine articles on: Saracens  - 51 results

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To Go among the Saracens: A Franciscan Composer's Journey into the House of Islam
Magazine article by Scott Robinson; Cross Currents, Vol. 56, Fall 2006
Subjects: Christian literature--Analysis, Francis of Assisi, Saint, Saint--Works
To Go among the Saracens: A Franciscan Composers Journey into...attitude they expressed toward the Saracens and Islam ... The social pressures...For Brothers who wish to go among the Saracens--was inserted after Francis returned...
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How the West Saw Medieval Islam
Magazine article by Malcolm Barber; History Today, Vol. 47, May 1997
Subjects: Christianity and other religions--Islam, Crusades--History, Islam--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Middle Ages--History, Muslims--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...Christians are not at peace with the Saracens, O Lord, wrote the Mallorcan Ramon Lull...Christians to direct and enlighten the Saracens in the way of truth, through the grace...superstitions about all matters, but that the Saracens and Turks devote themselves to God the...
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Monsters and Christian Enemies
Magazine article by Debra Higgs Strickland; History Today, Vol. 50, February 2000
Subjects: Christianity--History, Demonology--History
...the Holy Land. Muslims are referred to as `Saracens in medieval sources. Like the Jews, Saracens were viewed (with equal error) as idol-worshippers...Antichrist himself. The destruction of the Saracens fits conveniently into the larger Christian...
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The Misanthrope's Corner
Magazine article by Florence King; National Review, February 22, 1999
Subjects: Volunteerism--Public opinion
...of time and place. Take Scarletts "The Yankees are coming!" and substitute the Huns, the Roundheads, or the "Melech-Ric!" of Saracens fleeing Richard the Lionheart and you have the voice of raw fear through the ages. Lest you think that voice will be heard...
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Naughts & Crescents
Magazine article by Martin Gardner; New Criterion, Vol. 24, March 2006
Subjects: Chesterton, G.K.--Criticism and interpretation, Humorous works--Criticism and interpretation, The Flying Inn (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation
...Beware of what?" Dunsany asks. "The Saracens," the old man answers. "And I shall blow...both on land and sea; and how the Saracens had not these terrible engines either...away and then there will still be the Saracens." And then I said, "There has not...
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Saracens Clean Up at Bath Time; Bath 13 Saracens 29
Newspaper article by Colin Price; The Mirror (London, England), April 11, 1998
Saracens Clean Up at Bath Time; Bath 13 Saracens 29. by Colin PRICE A DREADFUL blunder by Jeremy...silence a capacity 8,200 crowd with the winning try that puts Saracens level on points with Newcastle by becoming the first team to...
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Rugby: HARRY'S GAME ENDS IN MISERY; EUROPEAN CUP SPECIAL Ulster 13 Saracens 21 Reports by Richard Bullick
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), January 20, 2001
...MISERY; EUROPEAN CUP SPECIAL Ulster 13 Saracens 21 Reports by Richard Bullick...score six minutes into injury time when Saracens last attempted counter-attack of the...colleague Paul Wallace - on his recall to the Saracens starting line-up - renewed acquaintances...
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Rugby Union: Step Too Far for Weary Warriors; Saracens 28 Worcester 10
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 7, 2005
...Union: Step Too Far for Weary Warriors; Saracens 28 Worcester 10. Byline: By Harry Jack Saracens have Heineken Cup rugby in their sights...side who were barely at the races, and Saracens will meet either Gloucester or Newcastle...
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LYNAGH FIRE!; Kicker Bows out in Glory as Seven-Try Saracens Run Riot
Newspaper article by Terry Godwin; The People (London, England), May 10, 1998
...Kicker Bows out in Glory as Seven-Try Saracens Run Riot. by Terry Godwin SARACENS served notice that their days as the nobodies...by annihilating Wasps. Not so long ago, Saracens were a club watched by 200 and a dog in...
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Saracens Taken to the Brink by Battling Leeds
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 26, 2009
Saracens Taken to the Brink by Battling Leeds. Byline: CHRIS FOY Saracens 21pts Leeds 15pts SARACENS conducted a lengthy dressing-room postmortem at Vicarage Road yesterday, despite moving back to the top...
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encyclopedia articles on: Saracens  - 29 results

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Saracens
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SARACENS sar s nz, term commonly used by medieval Europeans to designate the Arabs and, by extension, the Muslims in general, whether...
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Molay, Jacques De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...mola , 1243? 1314, last grand master of the Knights Templars . He distinguished himself in defending Palestine against the Saracens. After the Templars were driven from the Holy Land, he moved to Cyprus, where he began to organize a new force to recapture...
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Grasse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...France. Probably founded in Roman times, Grasse was a commercial center during the Middle Ages. Destroyed many times by the Saracens , it was an independent republic from the 12th cent. until its union with the earldom of Provence in 1226. In 1536 the town...
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Conrad , Latin King of Jerusalem
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Jerusalem (1192), marquis of Montferrat, a leading figure in the Third Crusade (see Crusades ). He saved Tyre from the Saracens and became (1187) its lord. In 1189 he joined Guy of Lusignan at the siege of Akko , but a year later he sought to displace...
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Edmund, Saint , 1170?–1240, English Churchman, Archbishop of Canterbury
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Canterbury, b. Abingdon. He taught at Oxford. A forceful preacher, he successfully preached (1227) the crusade against the Saracens. Edmund was made archbishop in 1234 and mediated the peace between Wales and England. His zeal for reform antagonized Henry...
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