How to Defeat the Saracens: Guillelmus Ade, Tractatus quomodo Sarraceni sunt expugnandi; Text and Translation with Notes (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Humanities) by William of Adam (PDF)

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The fall of the crusader-controlled city of Acre to the Muslims in 1291 inspired many schemes for crusades to recover Jerusalem and its environs. One of these proposals is How to Defeat the Saracens, written around 1317 by William of Adam, a Dominican who traveled extensively in the eastern Mediterranean, Persia, and parts of India. The treatise, poorly known even among specialists, presents a five-pronged plan for retaking the Holy Land. In particular, it focuses on cutting off economic and military support for Egypt. William’s personal experience in the lands he describes comes through, for example, when he recollects his encounters in Persia with a captive Greek woman whose child he baptized, and in India with a lapsed Christian who said that God had abandoned him. In this volume Giles Constable provides a critical edition of the Latin text and a facing English translation. Extensive notes, produced in collaboration with other experts, guide the reader through the political, geographical, economic, military, and historical context of this fascinating work.

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Editorial Reviews: About the Author Giles Constable is Medieval History Professor Emeritus in the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.Ranabir Chakravarti is Professor of Ancient History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.Olivia Remie Constable is Professor in the Department of History and Director of the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame.Tia Kolbaba is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.Janet M. Martin is Associate Professor Emerita in the Department of Classics at Princeton University.

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⭐The thing that struck me most about this text is that William views the conquest of the Byzantine Empire (a weakened shadow of its former self) as a first step in defeating the Muslim powers. He dislikes the Byzantines as heretics and distrusts them as they had alliances with some Muslim powers.William of Adam’s scheme was never going to work but he does demonstrate a thorough knowledge of 14th century Middle Eastern politics.

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