The crusades to the Holy Land : the essential reference guide / Alan V. Murray, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murray, Alan V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crusades--Dictionaries.

Crusades.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (758 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Crusades to the Holy Land were one of the most important religious and social movements to emerge over the course of the Middle Ages. The warfare of the Crusades affected nearly all of Western Europe and involved members of social groups from kings and knights down to serfs and paupers. The memory of this epic long-ago conflict affects relations between the Western and Islamic worlds in the present day. The Crusades to the Holy Land: The Essential Reference Guide provides almost 90 A-Z entries that detail the history of the Crusades launched from Western Europe for the liberation or defen

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Entries; List of Primary Source Documents; Preface; Overview Essay; Causes Essay; Consequences Essay; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Primary Source Documents; Appendix: Historical Dilemmas in the Crusades to the Holy Land; Chronology; Bibliography; Editor and Contributors List; About the Editor; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-314) and index.

ISBN:

9798400634703

9798216068846

9781786845382

1786845385

9781610697804

1610697804

OCLC:

1413729730