The Crusades c.1071-c.1291 (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks) - Softcover

Richard, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521625661 ISBN 13: 9780521625661

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This book presents a concise, general history of the crusades--whose chief goal was the liberation and preservation of the "holy places" of the Middle East--from the first calls to arms in the later eleventh century to the fall of the last crusader strongholds in Syria and Palestine in 1291. Written by one of the world's great crusader historians, this unique work is the distillation of over forty years' research and contemplation, and the ideal introductory textbook for all students of the crusades.

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Language Notes:

Text: English
Original Language: French

Review:

"[an] erudite, illuminating and interesting...book... Richard's magisterial account deserves a place on the shelves of all who teach the Crusdaes or write about them." Historian

"Jean Richard's work deserves to be much better known in the English-speaking world. Hist acute appreciation for hte religious as well as economic motives of the Crusaders makes his most recent book especially important." Christian Century

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0521625661
• ISBN 13: 9780521625661
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 536