The crusades / by Mike Paine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paine, Mike.

Series:

The pocket essential

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crusades.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 p.)

Place of Publication:

Harpenden : Pocket Essentials, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first crusade was set in motion by Pope Urban II in 1095 and culminated in the capture of Jerusalem from the Muslims four years later. In 1291 the fall of Acre marked the loss of the last Christian enclave in the Holy Land.This Pocket Essential traces the chronology of the Crusades between these two dates and highlights legendary figures such as Richard the Lionheart and Saladin. The Crusades explores the creation and subsequent struggles to survive of the kingdom of Jerusalem and other crusader states, while also assessing the successes and failures of the Third Crusade. It look

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgements; Contents; PROLOGUE: THE LAST CRUSADE; PART ONE: THE ISLAMIC WORLD & THE EAST; PART TWO: THE FIRST AND SECOND CRUSADES; PART THREE: THE THIRD AND FOURTH CRUSADES; PART FOUR: LATER CRUSADES; PART FIVE: THE FALL OF ACRE AND AFTERWARDS; CHRONOLOGY; FURTHER READING; Copyright

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781842436523

184243652X

OCLC:

794328079