The Crusades, c.1071-c.1291
This book presents a concise, general history of the crusades—whose chief goal was the liberation and preservation of the "holy places" of the Middle East—from the first calls to arms in the later eleventh century to the fall of the last crusader strongholds in Syria and Palestine in 1291. Written by one of the world's great crusader historians, this unique work is the distillation of over forty years' research and contemplation, and the ideal introductory textbook for all students of the crusades.
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The Crusades, c.1071-c.1291
This book presents a concise, general history of the crusades—whose chief goal was the liberation and preservation of the "holy places" of the Middle East—from the first calls to arms in the later eleventh century to the fall of the last crusader strongholds in Syria and Palestine in 1291. Written by one of the world's great crusader historians, this unique work is the distillation of over forty years' research and contemplation, and the ideal introductory textbook for all students of the crusades.
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The Crusades, c.1071-c.1291

The Crusades, c.1071-c.1291

The Crusades, c.1071-c.1291

The Crusades, c.1071-c.1291

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This book presents a concise, general history of the crusades—whose chief goal was the liberation and preservation of the "holy places" of the Middle East—from the first calls to arms in the later eleventh century to the fall of the last crusader strongholds in Syria and Palestine in 1291. Written by one of the world's great crusader historians, this unique work is the distillation of over forty years' research and contemplation, and the ideal introductory textbook for all students of the crusades.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521625661
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 09/16/1999
Series: Cambridge Medieval Textbooks
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 536
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.18(d)

Table of Contents

List of maps; List of genealogical tables; 1. The beginning of the crusades; 2. The crusade of Urban II and Paschal II; 3. The first crusade confronts the east; 4. The Holy Land: a new country overseas; 5. From the first to the second crusade; 6. Between Byzantium and Saladin: the perils of the Latin east; 7. Crusades of reconquest (1188–1205); 8. The crusade as an institution; 9. War and diplomacy: the rebuilding of the kingdom of Jerusalem; 10. The turning point of 1250; 11. In the Holy Land: a new Frankish society; 12. The crusade and the Mongols; 13. The end of the Frankish Holy Land; Conclusion; Appendices; Chronology.
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