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Reinventing Jih膩d : Jih膩d ideology from the conquest of Jerusalem to the end of the Ayy奴bids (c. 492/1099-647/1249)
Kenneth Goudie, MA (Hons) 2011, MLitt 2012, PhD 2016
In Reinventing Jih膩d, Kenneth A. Goudie provides a detailed examination of the development of jih膩d ideology from the Conquest of Jerusalem to the end of the Ayy奴bids (c. 492/1099–647/1249). By analysing the writings of three scholars - Ab奴 al 岣san al Sulam墨 (d. 500/1106), Ibn 士As膩kir (d. 571/1176), and 士Izz al-D墨n al-Sulam墨 (d. 660/1262) - Reinventing Jih膩d demonstrates that the discourse on jih膩d was much broader than previously thought, and that authors interwove a range of different understandings of jih膩d in their attempts to encourage jih膩d against the Franks. More importantly, Reinventing Jihad demonstrates that whilst the practice of jih膩d did not begin in earnest until the middle of the twelfth century, the same cannot be said about jih膩d ideology: interest in jih膩d ideology was reinvigorated almost from the moment of the arrival of the Franks.
ISBN: 978-90-04-41069-5
