Fighting for the Faith: The Many Fronts of Crusade & Jihad 1000-1500 AD

From an expert on medieval warfare, an analysis of the moral, legal, religious frameworks and military strategies of Christian and Islamic Holy Wars.

Fighting between Christians and Muslims in the medieval period is often seen in the narrow context of the battle for the Holy Land. Other points of conflict tend to be ignored. But, as David Nicolle's thought-provoking survey shows, the religions clashed across the medieval world—in the Mediterranean and the Iberian peninsula, in the Near East...