Author: Steven Runciman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521347709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412

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Sir Steven Runciman explores the First Crusade and the foundation of the kingdom of Jerusalem.

Author: Dana Carleton Munro
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Author: W B Bartlett
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752468073
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341

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Downfall of the Crusader Kingdom tells the story of the reason for Richard the Lionheart's infamous Third Crusade, culminating in the disastrous battle of Hattin in 1187. Hattin is one of the few battles in history that can truly be called decisive, and it was a catastrophe for the Crusaders. The leading men of the kingdom of Jerusalem, including the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers, were trapped in arid wasteland, without water and surrounded by hostile forces. The battle ended with thousands of them being taken prisoner. It was the culmination of a series of events that had been progressively leading the kingdom of Jerusalem down the road to oblivion. It was partly the resurgence of the Muslim Middle East and the rise of Saladin that led to the loss of Jerusalem, but there was another equally dangerous element at work – the enemy within. W.B. Bartlett tells the story of naked ambition and intrigue that led to bitter infighting and ultimately the downfall of the Christian crusaders.

Author: Thomas Andrew Archer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crusades
Languages : en
Pages : 510

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Author: Silvia Rozenberg
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Author: Alan V. Murray
Publisher: Occasional Publications UPR
ISBN: 1900934035
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Author: Ernle Bradford
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1844150410
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209

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For nearly two centuries, from 1096 until 1291, a tide of pilgrims, knights, men-at-arms, priests, traders and peasants swept from Western Europe to the Levant - Crusaders whose common aim was to recover the Holy Place of Christendom. The Sword and the Scimitar is a saga of one of the most fanatical religious wars in world history. It is a story abounding with highly distinctive personalities - popes, saints, kings, sultans and heroes like Saladin and Richard Coeur de Lion, of the encounter of two great cultures and their cross-fertilization. It tells of the three great Military Orders, the Knights Hospitaller of St John, the Teutonic Knights and the Knights Templar. It does not disguise the savagery that accompanied the capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders or the scenes of fire and carnage when the Kingdom of Jerusalem fell nearly two centuries later, and the markets of the East were so flooded with Christian slaves that a young Frankish woman might be sold for one silver coin.

Author: Steven Runciman
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521061612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Sir Steven Runciman explores the First Crusade and the foundation of the kingdom of Jerusalem.

Author: Steven Runciman
Publisher:
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Category : Crusades
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Jonathan Riley-Smith
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231146256
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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Claiming that many in the West lack a thorough understanding of crusading, Jonathan Riley-Smith explains why and where the Crusades were fought, identifies their architects, and shows how deeply their language and imagery were embedded in popular Catholic thought and devotional life.