
Verbranntes Ufer
Auswirkungen mamlukischer Seepolitik auf Beirut und die syro-palaestinensische Kueste (1250-1517)
Albrecht Fuess(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 28. September 2001
Book
Leather / fine binding
536 pages
978-90-04-12108-9 (ISBN)
Description
Verbranntes Ufer zeichnet erstmals das Bild der Entwicklung der syro-palaestinensischen Hafenstaedte nach der Vertreibung der letzten Kreuzfahrer mit Hilfe lokaler Chroniken wie den Werken von Salih? Ibn Yah?ya und Ibn Sibat?. Die Mamluken zerstoerten die Kuestenstaedte, um den Kreuzfahrern keinen potentiellen Brueckenkopf fuer eine erneute Landung zu geben. Auf die Politik des verbrannten Ufers griffen die Mamluken zurueck, weil sie keine planvolle Seepolitik betrieben. Daher besassen sie keine Flotte, mit der sie die Kueste schon auf dem Meer haetten verteidigen koennen. Nach einer einfuehrenden Diskussion der Gruende, warum die Mamluken keine Flotte aufbauten, folgt im Haupteil die Beschreibung der Geschichte der syro-palaestinensischen Kueste. Abgeschlossen wird das Werk durch eine analytische Darstellung der Sozialgeschichte der Kueste, dem administrativen Aufbau der lokalen Verwaltung und dem Handel zwischen Europa und der Levante, wozu auch Dokumente aus dem Archivio di Stato von Venedig herangezogen wurden.
Verbranntes Ufer is the first complete presentation of the history of the Syro-Palestinian coast after the expulsion of the last crusaders as it appears in the local chronicles of Salih? Ibn Yah?ya und Ibn Sibat?. The Mamluks destroyed the coastal towns in order to leave no bridge head for a potential return of the crusaders. They maintained a policy of burned shore because they had no systematic sea policy. Therefore they did not develop a fleet to defend the coast. After discussing the reasons, why the Mamluks never constructed a fleet the main part of the work deals with the political history of the Syro-Palestinian coast. The work ends with an analytic description of the social history of the coast, the structure of the local administration and the trade between Europe and the Mamluk Empire, which is based on documents of the Archivio di Stato in Venice.
Verbranntes Ufer is the first complete presentation of the history of the Syro-Palestinian coast after the expulsion of the last crusaders as it appears in the local chronicles of Salih? Ibn Yah?ya und Ibn Sibat?. The Mamluks destroyed the coastal towns in order to leave no bridge head for a potential return of the crusaders. They maintained a policy of burned shore because they had no systematic sea policy. Therefore they did not develop a fleet to defend the coast. After discussing the reasons, why the Mamluks never constructed a fleet the main part of the work deals with the political history of the Syro-Palestinian coast. The work ends with an analytic description of the social history of the coast, the structure of the local administration and the trade between Europe and the Mamluk Empire, which is based on documents of the Archivio di Stato in Venice.
Reviews / Votes
'...the considerable value of this book, which gives us a mass of information about a historical period...which witnessed the increasing rivalry between the European naval powers and the Ottomans.'Richard van Leeuwen, Bibliotheca Orientalis, 2003.
'Un beau livre, richement documente, faisant le point sur nombre de questions.'
Guy Ducatez, BCAI, 2002.
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Language
German
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Weight
1085 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-12108-9 (9789004121089)
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Albrecht Fuess, Ph.D. (2000) in Islamic History, University of Cologne, Germany, has studied in Cologne and Cairo. During the work on his dissertation he was visiting fellow at the Orient-Institut, Beirut and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.