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Description:This lively, comprehensive history provides a wealth of fascinating detail about the Crusades and the politics and personalities behind them. This new edition includes revisions throughout as well as a new Preface and Afterword in which Jonathan Riley-Smith surveys recent developments in the field and examines responses to the Crusades in different periods, from the Romantics to the Islamic world today, making this the standard and authoritative account of the Crusades.“"Everything is here: the crusades to the Holy Land, and against the Albigensians, the Moors, the pagans in Eastern Europe, the Turks, and the enemies of the popes. Riley-Smith writes a beautiful, lucid prose,. . . [and his book] is packed with facts and action." —Choice Praise for the first edition "“A concise, clearly written synthesis. . . by one of the leading historians of the crusading movement." —Robert S. Gottfried, Historian"“A lively and flowing narrative [with] an enormous cast of characters that is not a mere catalog but a history. . . . A remarkable achievement." —Thomas E. Morrissey, Church History“"Superb."—Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Speculum"“A first-rate one-volume survey of the Crusading movement from 1074. . . to 1798." —Southwest CatholicJonathan Riley-Smith, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge, is the author of editor of many books on the Crusades and the Middle Ages.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Crusades: A History. To get started finding The Crusades: A History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This lively, comprehensive history provides a wealth of fascinating detail about the Crusades and the politics and personalities behind them. This new edition includes revisions throughout as well as a new Preface and Afterword in which Jonathan Riley-Smith surveys recent developments in the field and examines responses to the Crusades in different periods, from the Romantics to the Islamic world today, making this the standard and authoritative account of the Crusades.“"Everything is here: the crusades to the Holy Land, and against the Albigensians, the Moors, the pagans in Eastern Europe, the Turks, and the enemies of the popes. Riley-Smith writes a beautiful, lucid prose,. . . [and his book] is packed with facts and action." —Choice Praise for the first edition "“A concise, clearly written synthesis. . . by one of the leading historians of the crusading movement." —Robert S. Gottfried, Historian"“A lively and flowing narrative [with] an enormous cast of characters that is not a mere catalog but a history. . . . A remarkable achievement." —Thomas E. Morrissey, Church History“"Superb."—Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Speculum"“A first-rate one-volume survey of the Crusading movement from 1074. . . to 1798." —Southwest CatholicJonathan Riley-Smith, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge, is the author of editor of many books on the Crusades and the Middle Ages.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Crusades: A History. To get started finding The Crusades: A History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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