Download or read book Encounter Between Enemies written by Yvonne Friedman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating study deals with one of the first points of direct and personal contact between Europeans and Muslims during the Crusades: the ransoming of captives. It traces the changes in European mentality and the laws of warfare.