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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521625661
ISBN-13
9780521625661
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Original Language
French
Book Title
Crusades, C. 1071-C. 1291
Number of Pages
536 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Europe / General
Publication Year
1999
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
JeanRichard
Book Series
Cambridge Medieval Textbooks Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

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1.2 in
Item Weight
25.8 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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98-043850
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"Jean Richard's work deserves to be much better known in the English-speaking world. Hist acute appreciation for hte religious as well as economic motives of the Crusaders makes his most recent book especially important." Christian Century, '... excellent ... essential reading for those who wish to understand not only the past but also the present Middle East.'History Today, '... excellent ... essential reading for those who wish to understand not only the past but also the present Middle East.' History Today, ‘… excellent … essential reading for those who wish to understand not only the past but also the present Middle East.’History Today, '… excellent … essential reading for those who wish to understand not only the past but also the present Middle East.' History Today, "[an] erudite, illuminating and interesting...book... Richard's magisterial account deserves a place on the shelves of all who teach the Crusdaes or write about them." Historian
TitleLeading
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Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
909.07
Table Of Content
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.
Synopsis
A concise 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 twelfth century to the fall of the last crusader strongholds in Syria and Palestine in 1291. This is the ideal introductory textbook for all students of the crusades. Professor Richard considers the consequences of the crusades, such as the establishment of the Latin east, and its organisation into a group of feudal states, as well as crusading contacts with the Muslim world, eastern Christians, Byzantines, and Mongols. Also considered are the organisation of expeditions, the financing of such expeditionary forces, and the organisation of operations and supply. Jean Richard is one of the world's great crusader historians and this work, the distillation of over forty years' research and contemplation, is the only one of its kind in English., A concise, general history of the crusades 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. Incorporating over forty years' research, this is the ideal introductory textbook for all students of the crusades., A concise, general history of the crusades from the beginnings to the fall of the last strongholds in 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.
LC Classification Number
D157 .R52413 1999

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