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The First Crusade

2012-04-15 History
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Release : 2012-04-15
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Book Synopsis The First Crusade by : Peter Frankopan

Download or read book The First Crusade written by Peter Frankopan. This book was released on 2012-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to tradition, the First Crusade began at Pope Urban II’s instigation and culminated in July 1099, when western European knights liberated Jerusalem. But what if the First Crusade’s real catalyst lay far to the east of Rome? Countering nearly a millennium of scholarship, Peter Frankopan reveals the First Crusade’s untold history.

The First Crusade

2012-01-26 History
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Release : 2012-01-26
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Book Synopsis The First Crusade by : Thomas Asbridge

Download or read book The First Crusade written by Thomas Asbridge. This book was released on 2012-01-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A nuanced and sophisticated analysis... Exhilarating' Sunday Telegraph Nine hundred years ago, one of the most controversial episodes in Christian history was initiated. The Pope stated that, in spite of the apparently pacifist message of the New Testament, God actually wanted European knights to wage a fierce and bloody war against Islam and recapture Jerusalem. Thus was the First Crusade born. Focusing on the characters that drove this extraordinary campaign, this fascinating period of history is recreated through awe-inspiring and often barbaric tales of bold adventure while at the same time providing significant insights into early medieval society, morality and mentality. The First Crusade marked a watershed in relations between Islam and the West, a conflict that set these two world religions on a course towards deep-seated animosity and enduring enmity. The chilling reverberations of this earth-shattering clash still echo in the world today. '[Asbridge] balances persuasive analysis with a flair for conveying with dramatic power the crusaders' plight' Financial Times

The First Crusade

1921 Crusades
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Release : 1921
Genre : Crusades
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Book Synopsis The First Crusade by : August Charles Krey

Download or read book The First Crusade written by August Charles Krey. This book was released on 1921. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Social Structure of the First Crusade

2008-05-31 History
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Release : 2008-05-31
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Book Synopsis The Social Structure of the First Crusade by : Conor Kostick

Download or read book The Social Structure of the First Crusade written by Conor Kostick. This book was released on 2008-05-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Crusade (1096 – 1099) was an extraordinary undertaking. Because the repercussions of that expedition have rippled on down the centuries, there has been an enormous literature on the subject. Yet, unlike so many other areas of medieval history, until now the First Crusade has failed to attract the attention of historians interested in social dynamics. This book is the first to examine the sociology of the sources in order to provide a detailed analysis of the various social classes which participated in the expedition and the tensions between them. In doing so, it offers a fresh approach to the many debates surrounding the subject of the First Crusade.

Chronicles of the First Crusade

2011-11-03 History
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Release : 2011-11-03
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Book Synopsis Chronicles of the First Crusade by : Christopher Tyerman

Download or read book Chronicles of the First Crusade written by Christopher Tyerman. This book was released on 2011-11-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the First Crusade, as witnessed by contemporary writers 'O day so ardently desired! O time of times the most memorable! O deed before all other deeds!' The fall of Jerusalem in the summer of 1099 to an exhausted and starving army of western European soldiers was one of the most extraordinary events of the Middle Ages. It was both the climax of a great wave of visionary Christian fervour and the beginning of what proved to be a futile and abortive attempt to implant a new European kingdom of heaven in an overwhelmingly Muslim world. This remarkable collection brings together a wide variety of contemporary accounts of the First Crusade, including Pope Urban II's initial call to arms of 1095, as well as the first-hand writings of priests, knights, a Jewish pilgrim, a destitute noblewoman, an Iraqi poet and the historian Anna Comnena. Together they provide a vivid and nuanced picture of the First Crusade and the people who were swept up in it. Edited with an introduction and notes by Christopher Tyerman

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