The six volumes of A History of the Crusades will stand as the definitive history of the Crusades, spanning five centuries, encompassing Jewish, Moslem, and Christian perspectives, and containing a wealth of information and analysis of the history, politics, economics, and culture of the medieval world.
This new edition includes revisions throughout as well as a new Preface and Afterword in which Jonathan Riley-Smith surveys recent developments in the field and examines responses to the Crusades in different periods, from the Romantics to ...
Analyzes the Crusades from European and Arabic viewpoints
Geoffrey Hindley instructively unravels the story of the Christian military expeditions that have perturbed European history, troubled Christian consciences and embittered Muslim attitudes towards the West.
Analyzes the Crusades from European and Arabic viewpoints
Although at first he left Odo of Montbéliard unmolested in his duties as bailie , Frederick later replaced him with Thomas of Acerra , whose conduct , as the emperor's representative in Syria , suggests that he had been charged ...
Analyzes the Crusades from European and Arabic viewpoints In this final volume, Runciman examines the revival of the Frankish kingdom at the time of the Third Crusade until its collapse a century later.
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection.
In this sweeping yet crisp history, the author offers a brilliant and compelling narrative of the Crusades and their contemporary relevance.
For the first time, this book tells the story of that epic struggle from the perspective of both Christians and Muslims.
On completion of the circuit, the host was addressed on the Mount of Olives by Raymond of Aguilers, for the Provençals, Arnulf of Choques, the smooth-talking chaplain to the duke of Normandy, and Peter the Hermit, now under the ...