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
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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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It was on 27 November 1095, at the end of the council he had convened at Clermont in Auvergne, before a large audience of both laity and clergy, that Pope Urban II launched an appeal that was to have far-reaching repercussions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ooo footsoldiers, ooo bezants, ooo knights, projected crusade, many crusaders, defensive state, general passage, great baron, maritime towns, other barons, crusader army, siege machines, other combatants, hundred knights, various contingents Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Holy Land, Holy Sepulchre, Charles of Anjou, First Crusade, Raymond of Saint-Gilles, Philip Augustus, Second Crusade, Guy of Lusignan, Asia Minor, John of Brienne, Franks of the East, Crac des Chevaliers, Fifth Crusade, Frankish Syria, Godfrey of Bouillon, Henry of Champagne, William of Tyre, John of Ibelin, Latin Church, Third Crusade, Alphonse of Poitiers, Mount Tabor, Christians of the East, Fourth Crusade, Matthew Paris New!
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It was on 27 November 1095, at the end of the council he had convened at Clermont in Auvergne, before a large audience of both laity and clergy, that Pope Urban II launched an appeal that was to have far-reaching repercussions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ooo footsoldiers, ooo bezants, ooo knights, projected crusade, many crusaders, defensive state, general passage, great baron, maritime towns, other barons, crusader army, siege machines, other combatants, hundred knights, various contingents Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Holy Land, Holy Sepulchre, Charles of Anjou, First Crusade, Raymond of Saint-Gilles, Philip Augustus, Second Crusade, Guy of Lusignan, Asia Minor, John of Brienne, Franks of the East, Crac des Chevaliers, Fifth Crusade, Frankish Syria, Godfrey of Bouillon, Henry of Champagne, William of Tyre, John of Ibelin, Latin Church, Third Crusade, Alphonse of Poitiers, Mount Tabor, Christians of the East, Fourth Crusade, Matthew Paris New!
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- The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading by Jonathan Riley-Smith in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- First Crusade by August C. Krey on page 36, and Back Matter
- Les croisades by Cécile Morrisson in Back Matter
- A History of the Crusades: Volume II The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187 by Steven Runciman in Back Matter
- A History of the Crusades, Volume IV: The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States (Art & Architecture of the Crusader States) by Kenneth M. Setton in Back Matter
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- Joan of Arc and Spirituality (New Middle Ages) by Ann Astell on page 123
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