Holy warriors: a modern history of the crusades [1st ed] 9781588369758, 1400065801, 9781400065806, 1588369757

From an internationally renowned expert, here is an accessible and utterly fascinating one-volume history of the Crusade

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English Pages xxv, 434 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Year 2009;2010

Table of contents :
"Deus vult!": the First Crusade and the capture of Jerusalem, 1095-1099 --
"May god's curse be upon them!": relations between Muslims and Franks in the Levant, 1099-1187 --
"A woman of unusual wisdom and discretion": queen melisende of jerusalem --
The "blessed generation": St. Bernard of Clairvaux and the Second Crusade, 1145-1149 --
Saladin, the leper king and the fall of Jerusalem in 1187 --
"Nowhere in the world would ever two such princes be found": Richard the Lionheart, Saladin and the Third Crusade --
"An example of affliction and the works of hell": the Fourth Crusade and the sack of Constantinople, 1204 --
From "little foxes in the vines" and the Children's Crusade to the greatest church council of the age --
"Stupor mundi": the wonder of the world: Frederick II, the Fifth Crusade and the recovery of Jerusalem --
"To kill the serpent, first you must crush the head": the crusade of Louis IX and the rise of the sultan baibars --
From the trial of the Templars to Ferdinand and Isabella, Columbus and the conquest of the new world --
New crusaders? From Sir Walter Scott to Osama Bin Laden and George W. Bush.

Holy warriors: a modern history of the crusades [1st ed]
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