Jonathan Phillips

The Crusades, 1095-1204

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Crusades, 1095-1204 is the first text to provide a balanced introduction to the crusades aimed specifically at students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 178mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780415736367
• ISBN-10: 0415736366
• Artikelnr.: 39356550

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Phillips is Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has written widely on the subject, including The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christendom (2007), and Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades (2009); he has also appeared in numerous television programmes, such as The Crusades: The Crescent and the Cross.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. List of illustrations. Chronology. Who's Who.
Genealogies of the Rulers of Jerusalem and Antioch. 1. Introduction. 2. The
First Crusade. 3. The early decades of the Latin East c. 1097-c. 1152:
Establishment and consolidation. 4. The challenges of a new land: Frankish
rule and settlement. 5. The military orders. 6. The Second Crusade. 7.
Warfare, strategy and castles in the Levant. 8. The aftermath of the Second
Crusade: Recovery and expansion. 9. The Frankish rulers of the Levant:
Power and succession, c. 1100-74. 10. Religious life and pilgrimage in the
Levant. 11. The reign of Baldwin IV, the Leper-King, the rise of Saladin.
12. The Third Crusade and beyond. 13. The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of
Constantinople. 14. Conclusion: The impact of the Crusades. Documents.
Bibliography. Index.