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The Crusades
The crusades provide some of the most striking images of the Middle Ages. They were the stage on which the familiar figures of the great medieval knights, the flower of chivalry, acted out their dramas. They were the battleground on which two great and opposing religions and cultures met, . Yet what exactly were the crusades? Why were they fought? What were the results of the great confrontation between Christianity and Islam? And what were the truths behind the myths of chivalry and knighthood?
The author reveals the bloody, violent, occasionally farcical reality behind our images of the crusades. His book traces the chronology of the Crusades from 1095, when the first crusade was set in motion by Pope Urban II, to 1291, the fall of Acre. It covers the creation of the kingdom of
Jerusalem and the other crusader states and their struggle to survive. It looks at the successes and failures of the third crusade and at the legendary figures of Richard the Lionheart and Saladin, explores the truth and the myths behind the orders of military monks like the Hospitallers and examines such strange historical events as the Children
Jerusalem and the other crusader states and their struggle to survive. It looks at the successes and failures of the third crusade and at the legendary figures of Richard the Lionheart and Saladin, explores the truth and the myths behind the orders of military monks like the Hospitallers and examines such strange historical events as the Children
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