| Islamic History Sourcebook |
The Song of Roland (Wikipedia): good information and links, although not totally reliable (anyone can add to it). Worth using with caution. |
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"Women in Islam: Versus Women in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition"
by
Dr. Sherif Abdel Azeem
The Song of Roland: etext
from Project Gutenberg |
The Song of Roland: Apocalypse Palimpsest: a fascinating essay contrasting the bigotry of the Roland to the acceptance of the enemy as equal in the Iliad. |
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Sheherazade: focus on symbols of women in the Nights
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The Song of Roland: etext from Project
Gutenberg |
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One Thousand and One Nights: good background material from Wikipedia |
Review of a lecture on Medieval Monsters; a student project |
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"Recollections of the Arabian Nights": by Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : a useful page with good links from the Anthology of Middle English Literature. |
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"The Death of Shahrazad": a modern tale by Intizar Hussein |
Three etexts of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: two are modern translations and one is the original medieval English, edited by Tolkein and Gordon. |
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Life of Charlemagne : by Einhard, a friend of Charlemagne's |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: a modern
translation and links to other work by the Pearl
Poet |
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A History of the Crusades: Kenneth Setton, ed. Etexts of a major history series. |
English Text of theKoran |
