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Index
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Contents
Map: The Mediterranean World, c. 1050
A Note on Sources
A Note on Names
Introduction: The Mediterranean World
Part I: The (Jewish) Man Who Would Be King
1. An Ornament, Tarnished
2. The Rules of the Game
Part II: A Christian Sultan in the Age of “the Reconquest”
3. The Cid Rides Again
4. Rodrigo Díaz, Taifa King of Valencia
Part III: Kings of Sicily, Kings of Africa
5. A Norman Conquest
6. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Part IV: Infidel Rulers of a Heretical Caliphate
7. After the Messiah
8. Traitors and Spies
Part V: Ambition, Opportunism, and the End of an Era
9. A Heavenly Kingdom?
10. Jerusalem Restored
Epilogue: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Afterword: Holy War, a User’s Manual
Dynasty Trees
Glossary
Sources, Background, and Further Reading
Notes
Works Cited
Acknowledgments
Index
Also by Brian A. Catlos
A Note About the Author
Illustration Credits
Copyright
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