Format:
Online-Ressource (318 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
ISBN:
9781317755869
Series Statement:
Seminar Studies
Content:
This new and considerably expanded edition of The Crusades, 1095-1204 couples vivid narrative with a clear and accessible analysis of the key ideas that prompted the conquest and settlement of the Holy Land between the First and the Fourth Crusade. This edition now covers the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople, along with greater coverage of the Muslim response to the Crusades from the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 to Saladin's leadership of the counter-crusade, culminating in his struggle with Richard the Lionheart during the Third Crusade. It also examines the complex motives of th
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; Chronology; Genealogies of the rulers of Jerusalem and Antioch; Rulers of the Principality of Antioch (simplified); 1 INTRODUCTION; Why study the crusades?; The purpose of this book; Historiography and definition; Sources; Context; 2 THE FIRST CRUSADE; The appeal of the First Crusade; Preparations for the crusade; The crusade sets out; The Muslim Near East; The crusade in Asia Minor and the siege of Antioch; The siege of Jerusalem
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3 THE EARLY DECADES OF THE LATIN EAST, c. 1097-c. 1152: ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSOLIDATIONThe 1101 crusade and the early years of conquest; The 1108 crusade - a holy war against Christians; Muslim-Christian relations: warfare and alliances; The kingdom of Jerusalem and the succession of Baldwin I; The Battle of the Field of Blood (1119); The 1120 Council of Nablus; The 1120-24 crusade and the capture of Tyre; The campaigns of King Baldwin II; The reign of King Fulk (1131-43); Zengi and the fall of Edessa (1144); The regency of Melisende and the accession of Baldwin III; Conclusion
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4 THE CHALLENGES OF A NEW LAND: FRANKISH RULE AND SETTLEMENTRelations with indigenous peoples; Frankish rural settlement; The origins of the Frankish settlers and their way of life; The pattern of Frankish settlement in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem; Urban life; Trade; A Frankish identity?; 5 THE MILITARY ORDERS; The origins and development of the Templars; The origins and development of the Hospitallers; The Hospital in Jerusalem and medical care; The Hospitallers and military activity; The military orders in the West; Conclusion; 6 THE SECOND CRUSADE
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Quantum praedecessores: the crusade appeal of Pope Eugenius IIIThe preaching of the crusade; The scale and scope of the Second Crusade; The conquest of Lisbon; The crusades against Almeria, Tortosa and Jaén; The Baltic crusade; Preparations for the march to the Holy Land; The journey to the East: the crusade at Constantinople and in Asia Minor; The crusade in the Latin East; The siege of Damascus; 7 WARFARE, STRATEGY AND CASTLES IN THE LEVANT; Raids, strategy and battles; Castles; Siege warfare; Naval warfare; Conclusion; 8 THE AFTERMATH OF THE SECOND CRUSADE: RECOVERY AND EXPANSION, 1149-74
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The start of closer relations with Byzantium and advances for both the Christians and the MuslimsThe rise of Nur ad-Din; The struggle for Egypt; Diplomatic contact with the West and Byzantium; The capture of Alexandria; The mission of Archbishop Frederick of Tyre; King Amalric's embassy to Constantinople (1171); 9 THE FRANKISH RULERS OF THE LEVANT: POWER AND SUCCESSION, c. 1100-74; Succession and civil war: the problem of newcomers; The maintenance of authority over the Frankish nobility; 10 RELIGIOUS LIFE AND PILGRIMAGE IN THE LEVANT; The establishment of the Frankish Church in the Levant
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Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Additional Edition:
9780415736367
Additional Edition:
Print version The Crusades, 1095-1204
Language:
English
Keywords:
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