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"In 1095, with the tomb of Jesus still in the hands of infidels and the Byzantine empire overrun by Muslim Turks, Pope Urban II summoned Christian warriors to take up the cross and their swords against the Turks and then recover the holy city of Jerusalem from Islam. It was to be the first of the Crusades, a holy war that would focus the power of the European kingdoms against a common enemy.
The Crusades became the stuff of romantic legend, but in reality they were a series of rabidly savage battles carried out in the name of Christian piety to advance the power of the Western Church. Their legacy of religious violence is felt today as the age-old conflict of Christians, Jews, and Muslims persists."--BOOK JACKET.
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Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World
November 27, 2001, Anchor
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0385721404 9780385721400
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Holy war: the Crusades and their impact on today's world
2001, Anchor Books
in English
- 2nd Anchor Books ed.
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Holy war: the Crusades and their impact on today's world
1992, Anchor Books
in English
- 1st Anchor Books ed.
0385241941 9780385241946
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Holy war: the Crusades and their impact on today's world
1991, Doubleday
in English
- 1st ed. in the U.S.A.
0385241933 9780385241939
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"On November 25, 1095, at the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II summoned the first Crusade."
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