Doktora Tezleri

Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12514/10331

Browse

Browsing Doktora Tezleri by Author "Ağalday, Hilal"

Filter results by typing the first few letters
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Thumbnail Image
    Doctoral Thesis
    Haçlı Seferleri döneminde Müslümanların Frenklerle ilgili teolojik, toplumsal ve siyasî algıları (1096-1193)
    (2026) Ağalday, Hilal; Polat, Ziya
    The Crusades were perceived in the Islamic world not merely as a military and political threat but also as a profound intellectual and cultural shock. The fall of Jerusalem in 1099 marked a turning point that transformed the Muslim collective memory into a source of both trauma and revival. This study aims to analyze, in a multidimensional framework, the perception of the Franks that emerged in the Muslim intellectual and literary milieu after the Crusades. It focuses on how Muslim authors and poets depicted the Franks, in what historical and intellectual contexts these depictions were produced, and how these representations shaped the Muslim perception of the Franks' theological, social, and political identity. The research demonstrates that the Crusades were not perceived by Muslim intellectuals merely as external wars but as processes of inner reflection and identity definition. In this regard, the perception of the Franks took shape on three interconnected levels: the theological, in which the Franks were described through concepts such as infidel, polytheist, and divine trial; the social, reflecting the trauma, moral decline, and solidarîty provoked by invasion and cultural encounter; and the political, where Jerusalem and other sacred sites were reinterpreted as symbols of Islamic unity and legitimacy. This study approaches Muslim narratives of the Crusades not simply as historical records but as texts of intellectual and cultural mentality. Poetry, historiography, travel accounts, and sermons are treated as complementary discursive forms that collectively reveal how Muslim authors constructed their perception of the Frankish 'Other.' In this sense, the image of the Frank emerges not merely as that of an enemy but as a mirror for moral reflection, critique, and resistance. Ultimately, this research interprets the Crusades in the Islamic world through the lens of trauma, resistance, and reconstruction, contributing to a broader analysis of cultural and intellectual representations beyond military history. By re-evaluating the Muslim perception of the Franks, the study provides a new perspective on the historical foundations of Islam–West relations and the enduring patterns of otherness that continue to shape them.