Learning in a Crusader City: Intellectual Activity and Intercultural Exchanges in Acre, 1191–1291

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Jonathan Rubin (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

Learning in a Crusader City

Intellectual Activity and Intercultural Exchanges in Acre, 1191–1291

Jonathan Rubin (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

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Cambridge University Press
05 March 2020

Middle Eastern history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Social & cultural history; Crusades

Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series

Did the Crusades trigger significant intellectual activity? To what extent and in what ways did the Latin residents of the Crusader States acquire knowledge from Muslims and Eastern Christians? And how were the Crusader states influenced by the intellectual developments which characterized the West in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries? This book is the first to examine these questions systematically using the complete body of evidence from one major urban centre: Acre. This reveals that Acre contained a significant number of people who engaged in learned activities, as well as the existence of study centres housed within the city. This volume also seeks to reconstruct the discourse that flowed across four major fields of learning: language and translation, jurisprudence, the study of Islam, and theological exchanges with Eastern Christians. The result is an unprecedentedly rich portrait of a hitherto neglected intellectual centre on the Eastern shores of the medieval Mediterranean.

By: Jonathan Rubin (Bar-Ilan University Israel)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781316637715
ISBN 10: 1316637719
Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 05 March 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. Intellectual activity in Acre: socio-cultural characteristics; 2. Acre's Christian and Jewish centres of teaching and learning; 3. Language and translation; 4. Acre as a meeting point of juridical traditions; 5. The study of Islam; 6. Theological exchanges with oriental Christians; Conclusion; Appendix: the relation of the used texts to Acre; Bibliography.

Jonathan Rubin teaches in the department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology at Bar Ilan University. His research focuses on the cultural and intellectual history of the Latin East.

Reviews for Learning in a Crusader City: Intellectual Activity and Intercultural Exchanges in Acre, 1191–1291

'... Learning in a Crusader City offers a refreshing look at thirteenth-century Acre as a crossroads of languages and cultures where intellectuals worked and thrived. Scholars of many different disciplines, including interfaith contact, jurisprudence, and translation, will find much to ponder in this narrow, yet illuminating, case study.' Scott G. Bruce, The Medieval Review '... Learning in a Crusader City offers a refreshing look at thirteenth-century Acre as a crossroads of languages and cultures where intellectuals worked and thrived. Scholars of many different disciplines, including interfaith contact, jurisprudence, and translation, will find much to ponder in this narrow, yet illuminating, case study.' Scott G. Bruce, The Medieval Review