Jerusalem: The Holy City in the Eyes of Chroniclers, Visitors, Pilgrims, and Prophets from the Days of Abraham to the Beginnings of Modern Times

Francis Edward Peters

Published by Princeton University Press 1985

Jerusalem

The Holy City in the Eyes of Chroniclers, Visitors, Pilgrims, and Prophets from the Days of Abraham to the Beginnings of Modern Times

Francis Edward Peters

Volume 5165 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400886166

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This remarkable portrayal of Jerusalem has become a favorite of many readers interested in this city's dramatic past. Through a collection of firsthand accounts, we see Jerusalem as it appeared through the centuries to a fascinating variety of observers--Jews, Christians, Muslims, and secularists, from pilgrim to warrior to merchant. F. E. Peters skillfully unites these moving eyewitness statements in an immensely readable narrative commentary.

Originally published in 1985.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Reviews

"This book is full of interest and value for all who love the Holy City. Between the covers of no other single book about Jerusalem is this wealth of material to be found."---Ronald Brownrigg, The Middle East Journal

"Many hours of moving, sometimes beautiful, often disturbing reading."---Merle Rubin, The Christian Science Monitor

"A worthy tribute to a city that very few people can visit, or can ever have visited for hundreds or thousands of years past, without profound excitement and emotional turmoil."---Michael Grant, The New York Times Book Review

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
1. Holy Land, Holy City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Jews and Greeks in Jerusalem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
3. Not a Stone Upon a Stone: The Destruction of the Holy City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
4. Mother of All the Churches Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
5. The Holy House: The Muslims Come to Jerusalem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
6. The Uncertain Glory: Jerusalem Under the Abbasids and Fatimids, A.D. 750–1000 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
7. The Coming of the Crusade Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
8. Jerusalem Under the Latin Cross Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
9. The Holy War of Islam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
10. The Face of Medieval Jerusalem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
11. Piety and Polemic: The Crusader Legacy in the Holy City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	427
12. The End of the Middle Ages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	479
13. Jerusalem Observed: The Medieval City Through Modern Eyes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	535
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