Medieval Jerusalem - Wikipedia
Jerusalem in the Middle Ages was a major Byzantine metropolis from the 4th century CE before the advent on the early Islamic period in the 7th century saw it become the regional capital of Jund Filastin under successive caliphates. In the later Islamic period it went on to experience a period of more contested ownership, war and decline.
The Passions of Medieval Jerusalem - The New Yorker
2016年9月26日 · Jerusalem was among the first conquests of the Arab Caliphate, in 638. It was a polyglot city, in which Christians suffered oppression, when, in 1099, armies of the First Crusade took it and...
Jerusalem, 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven
Medieval Jerusalem was a vibrant international center, home to multiple cultures, faiths, and languages. Harmonious and dissonant voices from many lands, including Persians, Turks, Greeks, Syrians, Armenians, Georgians, Copts, Ethiopians, Indians, and Europeans, passed in the narrow streets of a city not much larger than midtown Manhattan.
Mapping the Medieval City—Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People …
2016年10月28日 · Through insightful essays and nearly 200 works of art, Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven examines how Jerusalem sparked the creative imagination of residents and foreigners alike, providing both real and imagined views of the medieval city that served as the crossroads of the known world. I spoke with curators Melanie Holcomb and ...
Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven
2016年9月26日 · The exhibition "Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven" demonstrates the key role that the Holy City played in shaping the art of the period from 1000 to 1400.
Medieval Jerusalem | University of Michigan Press
Medieval Jerusalem examines an old question that has recently surfaced and given rise to spirited discussion among Islamic historians and archeologists: what role did a city revered for its holiness play in the unfolding politics of the early Islamic period? Was there an historic moment when the city, holy to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, may ...
Medieval Jerusalem: Forging an Islamic City in Spaces Sacred to ...
2017年4月27日 · Medieval Jerusalem examines an old question that has recently surfaced and given rise to spirited discussion among Islamic historians and archeologists: what role did a city revered for its holiness play in the unfolding politics of the early Islamic period? Was there an historic moment when the city, holy to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, may ...
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Every People Under Heaven in Medieval Jerusalem
2016年9月17日 · The historical record surrounding medieval Jerusalem—a “city of foreigners”— includes both harmonious and dissonant voices from many lands: Persians, Turks, Greeks, Syrians, Armenians, Georgians, Ethiopians, Indians, and Europeans from each of the Abrahamic faith traditions passed in the narrow streets of the city—not much larger than ...
Medieval Jerusalem: Forging an Islamic City in Spaces Sacred to …
Many Muslim scholars identified the destination of Muḥammad’s journey in 17:1 as Jerusalem, or more specifically its Noble Sanctuary. By identifying the “furthermost place of worship” with the legendary Mount Moriah, these exegetes conjured up vivid images of a religious history going back to the moment of Creation.
Jerusalem in Medieval Christian Thought - Medievalists.net
2012年4月29日 · Sacred to mankind, Jerusalem in its forty, perhaps fifty, centuries of existence has occupied a unique place in human history. Perhaps more than any other place on earth, Jerusalem has stirred the passions of mankind for as long as history has been recorded, inspiring thinkers, poets, prophets, saints and last but not least warriors and ...