God's warriors : Knights Templar, Saracens and the battle for Jerusalem / Helen Nicholson & David Nicolle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicholson, Helen J., 1960-

Contributor:

Nicolle, David, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Templars.

Crusades.

Military history, Medieval.

Islamic Empire.

Jerusalem--History--Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244.

Jerusalem.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Osprey, 2006.

Summary:

This book tells the story of the momentous campaign that led to the Muslim capture of Jerusalem in 1187, following the disastrous Crusader defeat at Hattin, where Saladin's troops destroyed the Christian army. These events resulted in the collapse of the kingdom of Jerusalem and sparked off the Third Crusade under Richard I. The authors also give detailed portraits of the two most intriguing warrior types involved in the conflict: the Knight Templar and the Saracen Faris. The authors reveal what it was really like to fight in the Crusades as they examine the motivation, training, weaponry and combat experiences of these formidable adversaries. Saladin's military successes and his unification of the Crusaders' Islamic enemies had effects that last to the present day in the idea of "tawhid," unity, that is still invoked by Arab leaders.

Contents:

Part 1 Hattin 1187 / Dr David Nicolle

The Opposing Leaders 15

The Opposing Armies 22

Opposing Plans 50

The Campaign 53

Aftermath and Reckoning 82

Part 2 Rival Military Elites

Saracen Faris / Dr David Nicolle 90

Knight Templar / Dr Helen Nicholson 140

Appendix 1 The battlefields of the 1187 campaign today 198

Appendix 2 Museums and collections containing Saracen artefacts 201

Appendix 3 Templar sites today 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781846031434

1846031435

OCLC:

76481617

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