A History of the Crusades I
The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
$25.43
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
3 January 2017
Summary
Runciman’s great Crusades trilogy reissued in Penguin Modern Classics
“The whole tale is one of faith and folly, courage and greed, hope and delusion.”
The Christian and Muslim empires of the Middle East had fought each other for centuries, two ancient, powerful civilizations, in some ways very familiar to one another. In 1095 something extraordinary happened. The Pope issued an appeal to the leaders of western Europe to recover the Christian Holy Places from Islamic rule. The…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141985503 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 014198550X |
| Author: | Steven Runciman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 3 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Steven Runciman
Sir Steven Runciman (1903-2000) was one of the greatest British historians. He drastically recast how we think about both the Crusades and the history of Byzantium. His major works include The Sicilian Vespers (1958), The Great Church in Captivity (1968), Byzantine Style and Civilization (1975) and Mistra (1980).
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