This is the first book-length study of the emergence of Medina, in modern Saudi Arabia, as a widely venerated sacred space and holy city over the course of the first three Islamic centuries (the se…
Author's preface to the English translationPrefaceIntroductionI The development of the Syrian system of autonomous lordships (c.1070-1099)The system of autonomous lordships before the First Crusade…
About the Book Originally published in 1920 as part of a series of handbooks for teachers, this book of advice to history teachers is still full of practical information on the use of historical…