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The Resource Holy warriors : a modern history of the crusades, Jonathan Phillips

Holy warriors : a modern history of the crusades, Jonathan Phillips

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Summary
From an internationally renowned expert, here is an accessible and utterly fascinating one-volume history of the Crusades, thrillingly told through the experiences of its many players--knights and sultans, kings and poets, Christians and Muslims
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xxv, 434 p.
Contents
  • "Deus vult!": the First Crusade and the capture of Jerusalem, 1095-1099
  • "May god's curse be upon them!": relations between Muslims and Franks in the Levant, 1099-1187
  • "A woman of unusual wisdom and discretion": Queen Melisende of Jerusalem
  • The "blessed generation": St. Bernard of Clairvaux and the Second Crusade, 1145-1149
  • Saladin, the leper king, and the fall of Jerusalem in 1187
  • "Nowhere in the world would ever two such princes be found": Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, and the Third Crusade
  • "An example of affliction and the works of hell": the Fourth Crusade and the sack of Constantinople, 1204
  • From "little foxes in the vines" and the Children's Crusade to the greatest church council of the age
  • "Stupor mundi": the wonder of the world: Frederick II, the Fifth Crusade, and the recovery of Jerusalem
  • "To kill the serpent, first you must crush the head": the crusade of Louis IX and the rise of the sultan Baibars
  • From the trial of the Templars to Ferdinand and Isabella, Columbus, and the conquest of the New World
  • New crusaders?: from Sir Walter Scott to Osama Bin Laden and George W. Bush
Isbn
9781400065806
Instance
Label
Holy warriors : a modern history of the crusades
Title
Holy warriors
Title remainder
a modern history of the crusades
Statement of responsibility
Jonathan Phillips
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
From an internationally renowned expert, here is an accessible and utterly fascinating one-volume history of the Crusades, thrillingly told through the experiences of its many players--knights and sultans, kings and poets, Christians and Muslims
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Phillips, Jonathan
Dewey number
909.07
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
D157
LC item number
.P55 2010
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Religion and civilization
  • Crusades
  • Crusades
  • Europe
  • Middle East
Label
Holy warriors : a modern history of the crusades, Jonathan Phillips
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
"Deus vult!": the First Crusade and the capture of Jerusalem, 1095-1099 -- "May god's curse be upon them!": relations between Muslims and Franks in the Levant, 1099-1187 -- "A woman of unusual wisdom and discretion": Queen Melisende of Jerusalem -- The "blessed generation": St. Bernard of Clairvaux and the Second Crusade, 1145-1149 -- Saladin, the leper king, and the fall of Jerusalem in 1187 -- "Nowhere in the world would ever two such princes be found": Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, and the Third Crusade -- "An example of affliction and the works of hell": the Fourth Crusade and the sack of Constantinople, 1204 -- From "little foxes in the vines" and the Children's Crusade to the greatest church council of the age -- "Stupor mundi": the wonder of the world: Frederick II, the Fifth Crusade, and the recovery of Jerusalem -- "To kill the serpent, first you must crush the head": the crusade of Louis IX and the rise of the sultan Baibars -- From the trial of the Templars to Ferdinand and Isabella, Columbus, and the conquest of the New World -- New crusaders?: from Sir Walter Scott to Osama Bin Laden and George W. Bush
Control code
ocn368020862
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xxv, 434 p.
Isbn
9781400065806
Isbn Type
(acid-free paper)
Lccn
2009033153
Other physical details
ill., maps
System control number
(OCoLC)368020862
Label
Holy warriors : a modern history of the crusades, Jonathan Phillips
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
"Deus vult!": the First Crusade and the capture of Jerusalem, 1095-1099 -- "May god's curse be upon them!": relations between Muslims and Franks in the Levant, 1099-1187 -- "A woman of unusual wisdom and discretion": Queen Melisende of Jerusalem -- The "blessed generation": St. Bernard of Clairvaux and the Second Crusade, 1145-1149 -- Saladin, the leper king, and the fall of Jerusalem in 1187 -- "Nowhere in the world would ever two such princes be found": Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, and the Third Crusade -- "An example of affliction and the works of hell": the Fourth Crusade and the sack of Constantinople, 1204 -- From "little foxes in the vines" and the Children's Crusade to the greatest church council of the age -- "Stupor mundi": the wonder of the world: Frederick II, the Fifth Crusade, and the recovery of Jerusalem -- "To kill the serpent, first you must crush the head": the crusade of Louis IX and the rise of the sultan Baibars -- From the trial of the Templars to Ferdinand and Isabella, Columbus, and the conquest of the New World -- New crusaders?: from Sir Walter Scott to Osama Bin Laden and George W. Bush
Control code
ocn368020862
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xxv, 434 p.
Isbn
9781400065806
Isbn Type
(acid-free paper)
Lccn
2009033153
Other physical details
ill., maps
System control number
(OCoLC)368020862

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