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Saladin (Paperback)
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Saladin (Paperback)
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Working simultaneously on two levels, Saladin represents the best
kind of biography-a portrait of a man who is said to have made an
age, and the most complete account we have to date of an age that
made the man. Unlike biographies that focus on Saladin's military
exploits, especially the recapturing of Jerusalem from European
Crusaders in 1187, Edde's narrative draws on an incredible array of
contemporary sources to develop the fullest picture possible of a
ruler shaped profoundly by the complex Arabian political
environment in which he rose to prominence. The result is a unique
view of the Crusades from an Arab perspective. Saladin became a
legend in his own time, venerated by friend and foe alike as a
paragon of justice, chivalry, and generosity. Arab politicians ever
since have sought to claim his mantle as a justification for their
own exercise of power. But Saladin's world-historical status as the
ideal Muslim ruler owes its longevity to a tacit agreement among
contemporaries and later chroniclers about the set of virtues
Saladin possessed-virtues that can now be tested against a rich
tapestry of historical research. This tension between the mythical
image of Saladin, layered over centuries and deployed in service of
specific moral and political objectives, and the verifiable facts
of his life available to a judicious modern historian is what
sustains Anne-Marie Edde's erudite biography, published to acclaim
in France in 2008 and offered here in smooth, readable English
translation.
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