Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Michael A. Köhler -- Introduction / Michael A. Köhler -- I The Development of the Syrian System of Autonomous Lordships (c. 1070–1099) / Michael A. Köhler -- II Relations Between the Frankish, Turkish and Arab States in the Period of the Syrian Autonomous Rulers (1098–1158) / Michael A. Köhler -- III Frankish-Muslim Relations in the Period of Nur al-Din and Saladin (1158–92) / Michael A. Köhler -- IV Instruments and Implications of Frankish-Muslim Legal Relations in the Middle East during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries / Michael A. Köhler -- Conclusions / Michael A. Köhler -- Bibliography / Michael A. Köhler -- Index / Michael A. Köhler -- Maps / Michael A. Köhler.

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In Alliances and Treaties between Frankish and Muslim Rulers Michael Köhler presents a fully integrated study of Frankish-Muslim diplomacy in the period from the First Crusade through to the thirteenth century. It is a ground-breaking study that challenges preconceived notions of the relations between Frankish and Muslim rulers in the Middle East. Commonly portrayed as an era of conflict, the period appears here as one in which conventions of diplomatic cooperation were commonplace. This book is one of the few works in the fields of Crusader Studies and Middle Eastern Studies that draws to the same extent on Arabic and Western sources; two textual traditions that have usually been studied in isolation from each other.