The concise history of the Crusades /

Overview: 'God wills it!' With that cry of medieval knights a new era in European history began. Across Europe a wave of pious enthusiasm led many thousands to leave their homes, family, and friends to march to a distant land in a great struggle for Christ. Yet the crusades were more than...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Madden, Thomas F. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2014]
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Critical issues in world and international history.
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Table of Contents:
  • The call
  • The first crusade
  • The rise of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem and the second crusade
  • The decline of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem and the third crusade
  • The fourth crusade
  • Crusading at home
  • The fifth crusade and the crusade of Frederick II
  • The crusades of St. Louis
  • The later crusades
  • The legacy of the crusades.