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The concise history of the Crusades

Title: The concise history of the Crusades / Thomas F. Madden.
Author: Madden, Thomas F.
Publication: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2013]

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Description

x, 243 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.

Summary

Overview: 'God wills it!' With that cry of medieval knights a new era in European history began. Across Europe a wave of pious enthusiasm led many thousands to leave their homes, family, and friends to march to a distant land in a great struggle for Christ. Yet the crusades were more than simply a holy war. They represent a synthesis of attitudes and values that were uniquely medieval-so medieval, in fact, that the crusading movement is rarely understood today. This book places the crusades within the medieval social, economic, religious, and intellectual environments that gave birth to the movement and nurtured it for centuries. The events of the crusades to Palestine and Europe's periphery are narrated in a clear, concise, and compelling manner. Special attention is also given to the crusades' effects on the Islamic world and the Christian Byzantine East. Also included is a historiographical overview of the subject as well as an up-to-date select biography.

Series Statement

Critical issues in world and international history

Uniform Title

Critical issues in world and international history.

Subject

Crusades

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

List of maps -- Preface -- Call -- First Crusade -- Rise of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Second Crusade -- Decline of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade -- Fourth Crusade -- Crusading at home -- Fifth Crusade and the Crusade of Frederick II -- Crusades of St Louis -- Later Crusades -- Legacy of the Crusades -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Select bibliography -- Sources in translation -- Index -- About the author.

Call Number

JFE 14-3779

ISBN

9781442215740 (cloth : alk. paper)
1442215747 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442215757 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1442215755 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781442215764 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013008138

OCLC

829446145

Author

Madden, Thomas F.

Title

The concise history of the Crusades / Thomas F. Madden.

Publisher

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2013]

Edition

Third student edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Critical issues in world and international history

Critical issues in world and international history.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 14-3779

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