Holy warriors : a modern history of the Crusades / Jonathan Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Jonathan (Jonathan P.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crusades.

Crusades--Influence.

Middle East--History.

Middle East.

History.

Europe--Church history--600-1500.

Europe.

Church history.

Religion and civilization.

Physical Description:

xxv, 434 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2009]

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.

Contents:

"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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781400065806

1400065801

9781588369758

1588369757

OCLC:

368020862