Walter Scott, The Talisman, the Crusades, Richard I of England and Saladin: Myths, Legends and History by Ibn Warraq Part 3 Part 1 / Part 2 In the novel, the Northerners are constantly painted as uncouth — “uncultivated savages”, and the Byzantines as sophisticated and “enlightened”. Again, Scott does not follow the Crusaders to the […]
Ibn Warraq: Walter Scott, The Talisman, the Crusades, Richard I of England and Saladin: Myths, Legends and History (Part 2)
Walter Scott, The Talisman, the Crusades, Richard I of England and Saladin: Myths, Legends and History by Ibn Warraq Part 2 Part 1 Sir Walter Scott, under the influence of the Scottish historian William Robertson, who had perpetuated the Enlightenment myth of the superiority of Islamic civilization, continued the theme of the vain and avaricious […]
Ibn Warraq: Walter Scott, The Talisman, the Crusades, Richard I of England and Saladin: Myths, Legends and History (Part 1)
Walter Scott, The Talisman, the Crusades, Richard I of England and Saladin: Myths, Legends and History by Ibn Warraq PART I PREAMBLE. Genesis of an Idea. The present essay grew out of my inquiries into something that Edward Said wrote about Sir Walter Scott’s The Talisman. It took on a life of its own, and […]
Review: new Fenton/Littman book on the Muslim treatment of Jews in North Africa
REVIEW OF PAUL B. FENTON and DAVID G. LITTMAN L”EXIL AU MAGHREB. LA CONDITION JUIVE SOUS L”ISLAM 1148-1912. PUPS [PRESSES DE L”UNIVERSITÉ PARIS-SORBONNE] PARIS, 2010. 792pp. Illustrated [Black and White Photos and Color Plates]. Maps. List of Illustrations. Bibliography. Glossary [of Hebrew and Arabic Terms], Index of Names, Index of Places, Analytical Table of Contents. […]