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020 _a1400065801 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
020 _a9781588369758 (ebook)
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100 1 _aPhillips, Jonathan
_q(Jonathan P.)
245 1 0 _aHoly warriors :
_ba modern history of the Crusades /
_cJonathan Phillips.
250 _a1st U.S. ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bRandom House,
_cc2009.
300 _axxv, 434 p., [8] p. of plates :
_bill., maps ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _a"Deus vult!": the First Crusade and the capture of Jerusalem, 1095-99 -- "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": Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and the Second Crusade, 1145-49 -- 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.
520 _aFrom 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.
650 0 _aCrusades.
651 0 _aMiddle East
_xHistory.
651 0 _aEurope
_xChurch history
_y600-1500.
650 0 _aCrusades
_xInfluence.
650 0 _aReligion and civilization.
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