In 1204, at the climax of the Fourth Crusade, the western Latin army seized Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, from their fellow Christians. Although the Latin Empire they established there was ephemeral (Constantinople was back in Byzantine hands by 1261)…
In 1204, at the climax of the Fourth Crusade, the western Latin army seized Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, from their fellow Christians. Although the Latin Empire they established there was ephemeral (Constantinople was back in Byzantine hands by 1261)…
Ofrece una amplia visión de los movimientos de Cruzada, que estudia no solo los del Próximo Oriente, sino también los de España, los Balcanes y el Báltico, además de la dirigida contra los albigenses. Basado en una sólida erudición, incorpora los resultados de las investigacione…
by GARCIA-GUIJARRO RAMOS, LUIS
fromHistoria
by Allen, S. J.
fromReadings in medieval civilizations and cultures
Since the publication of the first edition of The Crusades: A Reader, interest in the Crusades has increased dramatically, fueled in part by current global interactions between the Muslim world and Western nations. The second edition features an intriguing new chapter on percept…
Since the publication of the first edition of The Crusades: A Reader, interest in the Crusades has increased dramatically, fueled in part by current global interactions between the Muslim world and Western nations. The second edition features an intriguing new chapter on percept…
Since the publication of the first edition of The Crusades: A Reader, interest in the Crusades has increased dramatically, fueled in part by current global interactions between the Muslim world and Western nations. The second edition features an intriguing new chapter on percept…
"The pontificate of Honorius III (1216-27) ranks among the most important papal reigns of the thirteenth century: the pope organised two large-scale crusades to recover the Holy Land, the second of which recovered Jerusalem for the first since 1187; he presided over a 'golden su…
This volume brings together revised and up-dated versions of Giles Constable's classic essays on medieval crusading, along with two major new studies on the cross of the crusaders and the Fourth Crusade, and two short studies on the terminology of crusading and the numbering of …
by Lock, Peter
fromRoutledge companions to history
by Lock, Peter
fromRoutledge companions to history
Not just a history of the crusades, but an overview of the logistical, economic, social and biographical aspects, The Routledge Companion to the Crusades brings all this information together into one resource for the very first time. A compilation of facts, figures, maps, family…
by Lock, Peter
fromRoutledge companions to history
Not just a history of the crusades, but an overview of the logistical, economic, social and biographical aspects, The Routledge Companion to the Crusades brings all this information together into one resource for the very first time. A compilation of facts, figures, maps, family…
"In Narrating the Crusades, Lee Manion examines crusading's narrative-generating power as it is reflected in English literature from c.1300 to 1604. By synthesizing key features of crusade discourse into one paradigm, this book identifies and analyzes the kinds of stories crusad…
"In Narrating the Crusades, Lee Manion examines crusading's narrative-generating power as it is reflected in English literature from c.1300 to 1604. By synthesizing key features of crusade discourse into one paradigm, this book identifies and analyzes the kinds of stories crusad…
