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.
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"[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
"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
"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
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The question of the origins of the crusade has long been debated among historians, and the debate will no doubt continue, especially since other perspectives than the strictly historical are involved. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
passagium particulare, kingdom ofjerusalem, crusading indulgence, projected crusade, liege men, many crusaders, defensive state, crusading vow, histoire des croisades, maritime towns, general passage, silver marks, great baron, hundred knights, second crusade, other barons, crusader army Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Holy Land, Holy Sepulchre, Charles of Anjou, Raymond of Saint-Gilles, First Crusade, John of Brienne, Guy of Lusignan, Philip Augustus, Asia Minor, Franks of the East, Second Crusade, Crac des Chevaliers, Fifth Crusade, Frankish Syria, Godfrey of Bouillon, Henry of Champagne, King Amalric, John of Ibelin, Third Crusade, William of Tyre, James of Vitry, Peter the Hermit, Alexius Comnenus, Mount Tabor, Alphonse of Poitiers New!
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The question of the origins of the crusade has long been debated among historians, and the debate will no doubt continue, especially since other perspectives than the strictly historical are involved. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
passagium particulare, kingdom ofjerusalem, crusading indulgence, projected crusade, liege men, many crusaders, defensive state, crusading vow, histoire des croisades, maritime towns, general passage, silver marks, great baron, hundred knights, second crusade, other barons, crusader army Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Holy Land, Holy Sepulchre, Charles of Anjou, Raymond of Saint-Gilles, First Crusade, John of Brienne, Guy of Lusignan, Philip Augustus, Asia Minor, Franks of the East, Second Crusade, Crac des Chevaliers, Fifth Crusade, Frankish Syria, Godfrey of Bouillon, Henry of Champagne, King Amalric, John of Ibelin, Third Crusade, William of Tyre, James of Vitry, Peter the Hermit, Alexius Comnenus, Mount Tabor, Alphonse of Poitiers New!
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- The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading by Jonathan Riley-Smith on 4 pages
- A History of the Crusades: Volume II The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187 by Steven Runciman on page 478, and Back Matter
- First Crusade by August C. Krey on page 36, and Back Matter
- A Social and Economic History of the Near East in the Middle Ages by Eliyahu Ashtor in Back Matter
- History of Eastern Christianity by Aziz S. Atiya in Back Matter
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