The Crusades

The events which resulted in conflict to the present day.

Title: The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land by Thomas Asbridge
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition First Edition hardback with dust jacket now protected in removable cover. The Crusades from a renowned historian who writes with maximum vividness comes the most authoritative. readable single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the holy land. Nine hundred years ago. a vast Christian army. summoned to holy war by the Pope. rampaged through the Muslim world of the eastern Mediterranean. seizing possession of Jerusalem. a city revered by both faiths. and its surrounding area from Muslim rule. Beginning with the First Crusade, which resulted in the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099, dozens of military campaigns were organised, providing a focal point of European history for centuries. Collector’s Item.

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The events which resulted in conflict to the present day.

Title: The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land by Thomas Asbridge
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition First Edition hardback with dust jacket now protected in removable cover. The Crusades from a renowned historian who writes with maximum vividness comes the most authoritative. readable single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the holy land. Nine hundred years ago. a vast Christian army. summoned to holy war by the Pope. rampaged through the Muslim world of the eastern Mediterranean. seizing possession of Jerusalem. a city revered by both faiths. and its surrounding area from Muslim rule. Beginning with the First Crusade, which resulted in the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099, dozens of military campaigns were organised, providing a focal point of European history for centuries. Collector’s Item.

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