Crusades: The Illustrated History

by Thomas Madden

Overview

An important, richly illustrated account of the struggle between Christianity and Islam in the Near East, and an essential guide to understanding many modern-day conflicts, from the Balkans and Lebanon to Palestine and the War on Terror

". . . the ideal volume for anyone with a desire to know more about the struggle between Christianity and Islam in the Near East. . . . Beautifully illustrated, this informative guide to the major Crusades not only clearly defines the conflict and traces the individual campaigns but also places in context the historical roots of the 21st century tensions between Islam and the West."
—-Monterey County Herald

"The book is a model of organization and pertinent illustration, with maps, sidebars, a chronology and an accessible bibliography. Given so fine and comprehensive an introduction, readers are likely to turn to the classic prose narratives, both Christian and Islamic. They will also have a new appreciation of the current Christian-Islamic conflict and its many roots."
—-ForeWord

"[Crusades] is attractively illustrated and has a great number of boxes and sidebars offering a more detailed examination of people and events that are mentioned in the main text. A useful introduction to the subject for students and interested readers alike, [and] a fine addition to both public and academic libraries."
—-Library Journal

* Includes more than 150 photographs, maps, and specially commissioned artworks, all in full color

* With special features on a variety of key topics, from Jerusalem: City of Holy Places to the Glories of the Ottoman Empire

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780472031276
Publisher:	University of Michigan Press
Publication date:	09/12/2005
Edition description:	1st Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Thomas F. Madden is Chair of History at Saint Louis University and author of several books, including The Fourth Crusade and A Concise History of the Crusades.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	6
1	Christendom and the Umma	12
	Christian Unity and Divergence	14
	The Rise of Islam	18
	Pilgrimage	22
	The Shared Holy Land	24
	Christian Holy War and Jihad	26
	The West Awakes: The Eleventh Century	28
2	The First Crusade: "Impelled by the Love of God"	32
	Chaos in the East	34
	The Armies Depart	36
	The Campaign in Anatolia	40
	The Sieges of Antioch	42
	The Road to Jerusalem	44
	The Fall of the Holy City	46
	The Growth of the Latin East	48
	The Diversity of Crusading	50
	"Warrior Monks": The Military Orders	52
	The Rise of Islamic Unity	54
	Crusader Castles	56
3	The Second Crusade: War Cruel and Unremitting	58
	Disaster in the East	60
	The Kingdom Recovers	64
	European Settlement in the East	66
	The Race for Egypt	68
	The Rise of Saladin	70
	The Horns of Hattin	74
	"Sweet Victory": Saladin Triumphant	76
4	The Third Crusade: A Campaign of Europe's Elite	78
	The Kings Take the Cross	80
	The Crusade Heads East	82
	Barbarossa's Crusade	84
	The Siege of Acre	86
	Control of the Sea	88
	Advance to Jerusalem	90
	Discord and Rivalry	94
	The End of the Enterprise	96
5	The Fourth Crusade: A Tragic Misfire	98
	A New Pope, a New Crusade	100
	Venice Joins the Crusade	102
	Broken Promises	104
	The Conquest of Zara	106
	An Errand of Mercy	108
	Relations Sour	110
	The Sack of Constantinople	112
	The Founding of the Latin Empire	114
	The Spoils of War	116
6	Crusades in Europe: Infidels, Pagans, and Heretics	118
	The Reconquista	120
	The Fruits of Three Faiths Thomas F. Madden	124
	The Wendish Crusade	126
	Crusades in the Eastern Baltic	128
	The Albigensian Crusade	132
	Popular Crusades	136
	Political Crusades	138
	The Hussite Crusade	140
7	The Fifth Crusade to 1291: the Loss of the Holy Land	142
	The Crusader States	144
	Council and Crusade	146
	The Fifth Crusade	148
	Prophecy	152
	The Crusade of Frederick II	154
	Disorder in the Crusader Kingdom	156
	The First Crusade of Louis IX	158
	The Mamluk Sultanate	160
	The End of the Latin Empire	162
	A Kingdom Without a King	164
	The Second Crusade of Louis IX	166
	The Decline of the Latin East	168
	The Fall of Acre	170
8	The Last Crusades: the Ottoman Threat	172
	Crusading Projects and Dreams	174
	Cyprus: The New Frontline	176
	The Rise of the Ottomans	178
	The Maritime League	180
	The Conquest of the Balkans	182
	The Crusade of Nicopolis	184
	Disaster at Varna	186
	The Fall of Constantinople	188
	Knights of the Mediterranean	190
	The Reformation	192
	The Battle of Lepanto	194
	The Glories of the Ottomans	196
	The End of the Crusades	198
9	The Legacy of the Crusades	200
	Crusading in the Western Imagination	202
	Islamic Responses to the West	206
	A Clash of Civilizations?	210
	Further Reading	212
	Chronology	214
	Index	215
	Text Acknowledgments	222
	Picture Credits	224

Editorial Reviews

Madden (The Fourth Crusade) has assembled an expert team to produce a popular history of the Crusades. While it focuses on the Middle Eastern crusades, it also treats those that took place in Europe, including the suppression of the Cathar religion in southern France, the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula, and the forcible conversion to Christianity of the Prussians and other peoples of the Eastern Baltic littoral. While not as much in the public eye, these crusades were influential in shaping European history. The volume is attractively illustrated and has a great number of boxes and sidebars offering a more detailed examination of people and events that are mentioned in the main text. The work also includes ten essays on specific topics ranging from architecture to warfare. A timely last chapter looks at the current situation between Islam and the West. While this work downplays the severity of such events as the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade, it provides a useful introduction to the subject for students and interested readers alike. A fine addition to both public and academic libraries.-Robert J. Andrews, Duluth P.L. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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