| Islamic
History Sourcebook |
"Holy War in The Song of
Roland": The "Mythification" of History, by
Mark Dominik in the Standford Undergraduate Research Journal. |
| "The
Abbasid Construction of the Jahiliyya,"
by R. Drory. An article on classical Arabic poetry |
Life
of Charlemagne
: by Einhard, a friend of Charlemagne's |
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Iran
Photo Album: a tour of
Persia |
A
History of the Crusades: Kenneth Setton, ed. Etexts of a major
history series.
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The Epic of Kings: Hero Tales of Ancient Persia
by Firdausi |
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:
Islam Versus Women in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition |
The
Song of Roland (e-text) |
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Arabian
Nights Books: information on background of Nights, editions of
the stories, illustrations, translators, etc. |
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
Military Martyrs |
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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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Arab Gateway: to
Arabic literature |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : a useful page with good links
from the Anthology of Middle English Literature. |
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"Recollections
of the Arabian Nights":
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
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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Arabian Nights: home page of a
valuable site for texts and background information about the
Nights. Presented by ELF (Electronic Literature Foundation) |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: a modern translation
and links to other work by the Pearl Poet
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"The Death of
Shahrazad": a modern tale by Intizar Hussein |
English Text of the Koran |