... The Idea Of A War For The Faith Had Been Around For Many Years. Why It Started, When, And What Was The Reality Of 'the Crusades' Are Some Of The Questions This Book Aims To Answer. Many People Saw The Crusades As Pilgrimages, Many Believed They Were Doing The Will Of God, And Many Too Went For The Booty. This Was An Institution That For More Than Five Centuries Punctuated European History, Troubled Christian Consciences And Embittered Muslim Attitudes Towards The West. [the Author] Takes Us From The Middle East And Muslin Spain To The Pagan Baltic When 'crusaders' Reclaimed Or Extended Europe's Frontiers, And Offers Lively Portraits Of Major Personalities Who Took Part, From Godfrey Of Bouillon, The First Latin Ruler Of Jerusalem, To Etienne The Visionary French Peasant Boy Who Inspired The Tragic 'children's Crusade'. [the Author] Sheds Light On Some Of The Most Pressing Issues Of Religious Division And Shows How The Crusades Helped To Shape Europe, The Modern World And Relations Between Christian And Muslin Countries To This Day.-dust Jacket. Beginnings 632-1095 -- The First Crusade 1095-1099 -- Life And Politics In A Multicultural World -- The Second Crusade : Disaster On The Road To Damascus -- Turk And Kurd : Heroes Of Islam -- Women And An Alternative Feudalism -- Loss Of Jerusalem And The Third Crusade 1187-1192 -- The Fourth Crusade : The Latin Conquest Of Constantinople And The Scandal Of Christendom -- Heathen, Heretics And Children -- Triumphs Of An Excommunicated Emperor -- The Failures Of A Saint -- Acre And After -- Chivalry In Action And Nicopolis The Last Crusade -- The Lingering Decline Of A Flawed Ideal -- Epilogue : The Aftermath -- Appendix I: The Popes, From Gregory Vii To Sixtus V -- Appendix Ii: Rulers Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem -- Appendix Iii: Ayyubid Dynasty, Rulers Of Egypt -- Appendix Iv: Byzantine Emperors At The Time Of The First Crusades -- Appendix V: Ottoman Princes And Sultans 1300-1566 -- Appendix Vi: Western Emperors 1056-1555. Geoffrey Hindley. First Published In The Uk By Constable In 2003. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 288-291) And Index.

Geoffrey Hindley

Avalon Publishing Group

Running Press

Basic Books

1 Carroll edition, New York, January 22, 2003

United States, United States of America

The font color of original book written in itself so.
The seams on leaf 14-18,leaf 101-108,leaf 237-244 are too narrow to be scanned.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-291) and index.
First published in the UK by Constable in 2003.

... The idea of a war for the faith had been around for many years. Why it started, when, and what was the reality of 'The Crusades' are some of the questions this book aims to answer. Many people saw the Crusades as pilgrimages, many believed they were doing the will of God, and many too went for the booty. This was an institution that for more than five centuries punctuated European history, troubled Christian consciences and embittered Muslim attitudes towards the West. [The author] takes us from the Middle East and Muslim Spain to the pagan Baltic when 'Crusaders' reclaimed or extended Europe's frontiers, and offers lively portraits of major personalities who took part, from Godfrey of Bouillon, the first Latin ruler of Jerusalem, to Etienne the visionary French peasant boy who inspired the tragic 'Children's Crusade'. [The author] sheds light on some of the most pressing issues of religious division and shows how the Crusades helped to shape Europe, the modern world and relations between Christian and Muslin countries to this day.-Dust jacket

Maps
Chronology of jihad and crusade
Introduction : What's in a name?
Beginnings 632-1095
The First Crusade 1095-1099
Life and politics in a multicultural world
The Second Crusade : disaster on the road to Damascus
Turk and Kurd : heroes of Islam
Women and an alternative feudalism
Loss of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade 1187-1192
The Fourth Crusade : the Latin conquest of Constantinople and the scandal of Christendom
Heathen, heretics and children
Triumphs of an excommunicated emperor
The failures of a saint
Acre and after
Chivalry in action and Nicopolis "The last crusade"
The lingering decline of a flawed deal
Epilogue : the aftermath
Appendixes.
The Popes, from Gregory VII to Sixtus V
Rulers of the kingdom of Jerusalem
Ayyubid dynasty : rulers of Egypt
Byzantine emperors at the time of the first Crusades
Ottoman princes and sultans 1300-1566
Western emperors 1056-1555

A crusade, or a passagium generale, iter, voyage or Reise, just some of the words used by the participants themselves, was a military expedition sponsored and blessed by the Pope or his appointed agents, against enemies of the Christian Faith.

The author chronicles the long, bloody history of the Crusades and conclusively demonstrates how this three-hundred-year-long struggle to control the Middle East changed Europe, and the world, forever.

2023-06-28