The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading
by Peters, Damien, Macat Library
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by Peters, Damien, Macat Library
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by Peters, Damien, Macat Library
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"Perhaps no work of history written in the 20th century has done more to undermine an existing consensus and cause its readers to re-evaluate their own preconceptions than has Jonathan Riley-Smith's revisionist account of the motives of the first crusaders. Riley-Smith's thesis-…
"Perhaps no work of history written in the 20th century has done more to undermine an existing consensus and cause its readers to re-evaluate their own preconceptions than has Jonathan Riley-Smith's revisionist account of the motives of the first crusaders. Riley-Smith's thesis …
"For many centuries, the history of the crusades, as written by Western historians, was based solidly on Western sources. Evidence from the Islamic societies that the crusaders attacked was used only sparingly--in part because it was hard for most westerners to read, and in part…
"For many centuries, the history of the crusades, as written by Western historians, was based solidly on Western sources. Evidence from the Islamic societies that the crusaders attacked was used only sparingly--in part because it was hard for most westerners to read, and in part…
by Houghton, Robert, Peters, Damien
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