Saladin is perhaps the one and only Muslim ruler who emerges with any clarity in standard tales and histories of the Crusades; this is a translation of Baha' al-Din Ibn Shaddad's (1144-1234) account of his life and career
Saladin is perhaps the one and only Muslim ruler who emerges with any clarity in standard tales and histories of the Crusades; this is a translation of Baha' al-Din Ibn Shaddad's (1144-1234) account of his life and career.
Crusades
by Nicholson, Helen J., Kedar, Bejamin Z., Riley-Smith, Jonathan S. C.
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Covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798), and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, n…
Crusades
by Nicholson, Helen J., Kedar, Bejamin Z., Riley-Smith, Jonathan S. C.
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The subject of the crusades is enormous, covering 700 years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798). Crusade studies now centre on the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East, and this organization has taken the initiative to launch this j…
Adrian J. Boas's combined use of historical and archaeological evidence together with eye-witness accounts written by visiting pilgrims results in a multi-faceted perspective of Crusader Jerusalem.
A translation into English of "Ralph of Caen's Gesta Tancredi". This text provides an important narrative of the First Crusade and its immediate aftermath. The work as a whole contains details which provide a corrective to the strong northern focus of most of the other narrative…
Timely history of the battle for the Mediterranean in the 15th and 16th centuries by the forces of Islam and Christendom, out now in paperback
"Eyewitness" is a familiar label that historians apply to numerous pieces of evidence. It carries compelling connotations of trustworthiness and particular proximity to the lived experience of historical actors. But it has received surprisingly little critical attention. This bo…
Artikelsamling, der ser på udviklingen af de europæiske nationers brug af amfibiekrig og amfibieoperationer i perioden 1000-1700, fra korstogene og frem til starten af den industrielle revolution, med særlig vægt på det 16. og 17. århundrede. Artiklerne dækker bl.a. strategi, ta…
The first crusade 1096-99: conquest of the Holy Land
by Nicolle, David, Hook, Christa
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Om det første korstog 1096-1099, foranlediget af den byzantinske kejser Alexios I (1081-1118) i hans kamp mod seldshuggerne. En talrig korsfarerhær marcherede gennem Europa til Palæstina og befriede Jerusalem, der var stærkt befæstet med en ægyptisk troppestyrke.
Undersøgelse af udviklingen af taktiske principper anvendt af rytteri over en 800 årig periode efter det vestromerske riges fald, der tillige betød en tilbagegang i anvendelsen af både rytteri og infanteri. Bogen indeholder beskrivelser af det østromerske riges og germanernes an…
A collection in modern English of the key texts describing Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem in 1187 and the Third Crusade. The largest text in the book is a translation of the Old French "Continuation of William Tyre". Introductory notes and maps help interpret each of the texts.