Acre and Its Falls

2018-05-01 History

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Release : 2018-05-01
Genre : History
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Download or read book Acre and Its Falls written by . This book was released on 2018-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the crusader period Acre was in many ways a remarkable place, but the most striking thing about its history is the number of times it fell to enemies. The present volume Acre and Its Falls is unusual in that it analyses a wide range of aspects of the history of Acre across the crusader period, combining political, military and cultural history, with a notable emphasis on the memory of the city in Europe. This may have been a city famous for its falls, but most certainly not for them alone. Contributors are Adrian J. Boas, Charles W. Connell, Paul F. Crawford, Susan B. Edgington, Marie-Luise Favreau-Lilie, John France, Anna Gilmour-Bryson, John D. Hosler, Georg Philipp Melloni, Janus Møller Jensen, J. Rubin, and Iris Shagrir.

Acre and Its Falls

2018 Acre (Israel)

Author : John France
Release : 2018
Genre : Acre (Israel)
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Download or read book Acre and Its Falls written by John France. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acre and its Falls analyses a wide range of aspects of the history of Acre across the crusader period, combining political, military and cultural history, with a notable emphasis on the memory of the city in Europe.

Accursed Tower

2019-11-19 History

Author : Roger Crowley
Release : 2019-11-19
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 857/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Accursed Tower written by Roger Crowley. This book was released on 2019-11-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city of Acre, powerfully fortified and richly provisioned, was the last crusader stronghold. When it fell in 1291, two hundred years of Christian crusading in the Holy Land came to a bloody end. With his customary narrative brilliance and immediacy, Roger Crowley chronicles the tumultuous and violent attack on Acre, the heaviest bombardment before the age of gunpowder, which left this once great Mediterranean city a crumbling ruin.The ‘Accursed Tower’ was the focal point of this siege. As the last garrison of the Crusader defences, it came to symbolise the disintegration of the old world and the rise of a new era of Islamic jihad. Crowley’s narrative is based on forensic research, drawing heavily on little known first hand sources, both Christian and Arabic. This is a fast-paced and gripping account of a pivotal moment in world history.

Crusader Art in the Holy Land, From the Third Crusade to the Fall of Acre

2005-09-05 Art

Author : Jaroslav Folda
Release : 2005-09-05
Genre : Art
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Download or read book Crusader Art in the Holy Land, From the Third Crusade to the Fall of Acre written by Jaroslav Folda. This book was released on 2005-09-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Acre 1291

2005-08-10 History

Author : David Nicolle
Release : 2005-08-10
Genre : History
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Download or read book Acre 1291 written by David Nicolle. This book was released on 2005-08-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Osprey's study of the battle at Acre, one of the last campaigns of the Crusages (1095-1291). In April 1291, a Mamluk army laid siege to Acre, the last great Crusader fortress in the Holy Land. For six weeks, the siege dragged on until the Mamluks took the outer wall, which had been breached in several places. The Military Orders drove back the Mamluks temporarily, but three days later the inner wall was breached. King Henry escaped, but the bulk of the defenders and most of the citizens perished in the fighting or were sold into slavery. The surviving knights fell back to their fortress, resisting for ten days, until the Mamluks broke through. This book depicts the dramatic collapse of this great fortress, whose demise marked the end of the Crusades in the Holy Land.

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