The Seventh Crusade, 1244-1254 (eBook, ePUB)

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Redaktion: Jackson, Peter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Seventh Crusade, led by King Louis IX of France, was the last major expedition for the recovery of the Holy Land actually to reach the Near East and its failure had wide repercussions both in the West and in Egypt and Palestine. This volume comprises translations of the principal documents and of extracts from narrative sources - both Muslim and Christian - relating to the crusade, and includes many texts, notably the account of Ibn Wasil, not previously available in English.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351882019
• Artikelnr.: 59314100

Autorenporträt

Peter Jackson is Professor of Medieval History at Keele University, UK, and an acknowledged authority on the history of the Mongol Empire, the Eastern Islamic world in the later Middle Ages, and on the Crusades and the Latin East.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction
King Louis takes the Cross
Preparations for the crusade
The attitude of the Emperor Frederick II
Rival crusades
The 1st phase of the crusade: victory and disaster in Egypt
Events in the Muslim camp, and the Mamluk coup d'état
The reaction to failure: criticism and the rational explanation
The 'crusade' of the pastoureaux (1251)
Efforts to send assistance to King Louis from the West
The 2nd phase: King Louis's 4-year stay in Palestine
Bibliography
Index.