An edition of The Crusades (2003)

The Crusades

a history of armed pilgrimage and holy war

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An edition of The Crusades (2003)

The Crusades

a history of armed pilgrimage and holy war

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The Crusades: a history of armed pilgrimage and holy war
January 22, 2003, Carroll & Graf Publishers
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First Sentence

"A crusade, or a passagium generale, iter, voyage or Reise, just some of the words used by the participants themselves, was a military expedition sponsored and blessed by the Pope or his appointed agents, against enemies of the Christian Faith."

Table of Contents

Maps
Chronology of jihad and crusade
Introduction : What's in a name?
Beginnings 632-1095
The First Crusade 1095-1099
Life and politics in a multicultural world
The Second Crusade : disaster on the road to Damascus
Turk and Kurd : heroes of Islam
Women and an alternative feudalism
Loss of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade 1187-1192
The Fourth Crusade : the Latin conquest of Constantinople and the scandal of Christendom
Heathen, heretics and children
Triumphs of an excommunicated emperor
The failures of a saint
Acre and after
Chivalry in action and Nicopolis "The last crusade"
The lingering decline of a flawed deal
Epilogue : the aftermath
Appendixes.
The Popes, from Gregory VII to Sixtus V
Rulers of the kingdom of Jerusalem
Ayyubid dynasty : rulers of Egypt
Byzantine emperors at the time of the first Crusades
Ottoman princes and sultans 1300-1566
Western emperors 1056-1555

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
320
Dimensions
9.6 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.4 pounds

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL8141173M
ISBN 10
0786711051
ISBN 13
9780786711055
LibraryThing
442362
Goodreads
738739

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OL4540765W

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