This dissertation has sought to illuminate the characters of Richard the Lion Heart and Salah Ad-Din Al-Ayyubi (Saladin), and the meaning of chivalry as a concept in Western history, through a comparative "parallel biography" of the two men. It is hoped that this parallel biography of the two most notable figures of the crusading era further illuminates the crusading movement and the encounter of the Western and Islamic worlds in Syria from the end of the eleventh through the end of the thirteenth centuries. / Chapter one examines the childhood, the adulthood, society and the career of Richard I prior to his departure on the third crusade. / Chapter two focuses on the childhood, the adulthood, and society of Salah Ad-Din Al-Ayyubi. Attention is given to his career in the years before he directed his principal energies against the Franks in Syria. / Chapter three examines the Battle of Hittin, which sealed the fate of the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem and ultimately of the crusading cause as a whole. Emphasis is placed upon the developments that led up the battle, and the subsequent course of the war that led to the fall of Jerusalem and other inland Christian strongholds. / Chapter four focuses on the political and military encounter of Richard I and Saladin in the third crusade, which resulted in the achievement of Saladin's key objectives, and the departure of Richard from Syria without regaining Jerusalem nor restoring the Frankish position in Syria to a viable condition. / Chapter five discusses the evolution of the images of Richard and Saladin between the twelfth century and the present day. The development of the writing on these two legends shows that with the familiarity of Richard in the West, Saladin has remained in the popular western imagination as one of the most familiar of all Muslim historical figures and a model of moderation, mercy and values of chivalry. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-08, Section: A, page: 3162. / Major Professor: Paul Strait. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1993.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76989 |
| Contributors | AlMayman, AlJouharah Bent Saleh Ben Abd-Arrahman., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 267 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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