Turkish myth and Muslim symbol : the Battle of Manzikert / Carole Hillenbrand

Englisch

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007

Online-Ressource (x, 288 p) : ill. (some col.), 1 col. map, ports. (some col.)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Print version: Turkish Myth and Muslim Symbol : The Battle of Manzikert

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CONTENTS; List of figures; List of plates; Acknowledgements; Comment on transliteration and conventions used in the book; Part 1 Medieval Muslim Interpretations of the Battle of Manzikert ; 1. Introduction; 2. The twelfth-century accounts of the battle of Manzikert; 3. The thirteenth-century accounts of the battle of Manzikert; 4. The fourteenth- and fifteenth-century accounts of thebattle of Manzikert; 5. Writing the battle; Part 2 The Legacy of the Battle ; 6. The ongoing Muslim-Christian confrontation: thevictorious contribution of the Turks

7. The heritage of Manzikert: the myth of national identityConclusion; Appendix A. The account of the battle of Manzikert byMichael Attaleiates, translated by Ruth Macrides; Appendix B. Translations of some other medieval Christianaccounts of the battle of Manzikert; Appendix C. Other medieval Muslim accounts of the battleof Manzikert; Bibliography; Index

*Seljuks -- History ; Manzikert, Battle of, Turkey, 1071

*Manzikert, Battle of, Turkey, 1071 ; Seljuks ; History ; Electronic books

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: DS27

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 956.1013;

Turks ruled the Middle East for a millennium and eastern Europe for many centuries and it is an undoubted fact that they moulded the lands under their dominion. It is therefore something of a paradox that the history of Turkey and aspects of the identity and role of the Turks, both as Muslims and as an ethnic group, still remain little known in the west and undervalued in the Arabic and Persian-speaking worlds. This book contributes to historical scholarship on Turkey by focusing on its key foundational myth, the battle of Manzikert in 1071 - the Turkish equivalent of the battle of Hastings. M

 

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2009

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