Main entry:

Peters, F. E. (Francis E.)

Title & Author:

Jerusalem : the holy city in the eyes of chroniclers, visitors, pilgrims, and prophets, from the days of Abraham to the beginnings of modern times / F.E. Peters.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1985.

Description:

xiv, 656 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 587-636) and index.
Holy Land, holy city -- Jews and Greeks in Jerusalem -- Not a stone upon a stone : the destruction of the Holy City -- Mother of All the Churches -- The Holy House : the Muslims come to Jerusalem -- The uncertain glory : Jerusalem under the Abbasids and Fatimids, A.D. 750-1000 -- The coming of the Crusade -- Jerusalem under the Latin Cross -- The Holy War of Islam -- The face of medieval Jerusalem -- Piety and polemic : the Crusader legacy in the Holy City -- The end of the Middle Ages -- Jerusalem observed : the medieval city through modern eyes.

Summary:

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.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0691073007
9780691073002
0691006415 (pbk.)
9780691006413 (pbk.)

Subject:

Beeldvorming.
Jerusalem History Sources.
Jérusalem Histoire Sources.
Middle East Jerusalem.
Jerusalem (Israel) History Sources.
Jérusalem Histoire.
Jerusalem (Israel) History

Form/genre:

History.
Sources.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 70453
Call No.: ID:86-B11152
Status: Available