Description
| Product ID: | 9780750978545 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Classic Histories Series |
| Title: | The Crusades: Classic Histories Series |
| Subtitle: | The War Against Islam 1096-1798 |
| Authors: | Author: Malcolm Billings |
| Subjects: | History, Medieval history, Specific wars and campaigns, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Crusades, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, Islamic studies, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 1500 to c 1600, c 1600 to c 1700, c 1700 to c 1800 |
| Description: | In 1095 Pope Urban II granted absolution to anyone who would fight to reclaim the Holy Land. In 1095 Pope Urban II granted absolution to anyone who would fight to reclaim the Holy Land. With God at their backs, the first Christian crusaders embarked on an unprecedented religious war. While addressing the contribution of flamboyant characters like Saladin and Richard the Lionheart, Malcolm Billings also looks at the experiences of the peasants, knights and fighting monks who took the cross for Christendom and the Holy Warriors of Islam who, after battle on battle, emerged victorious. He analyses the ebb and flow of crusade and counter-crusade and details the shifting structures of government in the Levant, which became the perennial battleground of East and West. |
| Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-10-06 |
