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Complete Idiot's Guide to the Crusades by Paul L. Williams (2001, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100028642430
ISBN-139780028642437
eBay Product ID (ePID)1979370
Product Key Features
Book TitleComplete Idiot's Guide to the Crusades
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEurope / Medieval
Publication Year2001
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorPaul L. Williams
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight19.9 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width7.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-095855
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal909/.07
Grade ToUP
Table Of Content1. The Medieval World. 1. Welcome to the Middle Ages. The Grimness of Daily Life. Starvation vs. Serfdom. Working for The Lord of the Manor. Faith, Hope, and the Church. Ignorance and Redemption. 2. The Dawn of the Renaissance. Technology Transforms Agriculture. Winds of Change. The Church Weighs In. The Age of Chivalry. The Knights of the Cross. 3. The Pope Declares Holy War. Pope Urban II Rallies the Troops. 4. The Lure of Byzantium. East Is East .... II. THE FIRST CRUSADE. 5. The Crusade of the Poor. Little Peter. The Crusade Produces the First Holocaust. The March to Jerusalem. A Bad End for the Poor. A Good End for Little Peter. 6. A Pride of Princes: The First Crusade. Meet the Holy-And Not-So-Holy-Crusaders. Off to Constantinople. Bring On the Holy War. 7. The Siege of Nicea: The First Crusade''s _. . First Battle. The Crusaders Lay Siege to Nicea. The March to Antioch. The Anatolian Nightmare. A Crusader Gets Crowned! 8. Autumn in Antioch. Intrigue at Antioch. The Holy Lance. Plague, Chaos, and Famine. An Ironic End to the Final March. 9. The Conquest of Jerusalem. The Eve of the Siege. Holy War. Divine Intervention. The Siege. III. THE FORMATION OF THE LATIN EAST. 10. Life in the Latin East. The Last Hurrah. The Kingdom Comes Together! The New East. The Fate of the Great Heroes. 11. The Knights Templar and the Hospitallers. The Knights Templar. The Hospitallers. Laws unto Themselves. 12. The Wild, Wild East. The Moslems Fight Back. The Moslems Fight Each Other. The Christians Recoup-And Go Native. 13. Jihad: Holy War Against the Franks. Soldiers of Allah vs. Soldiers of God. Zengi Goes on a Rampage. Zengi''s Triumph Rocks the Latin World. IV. THE SECOND CRUSADE. 14. A Medieval Million-Man March. High Times Back at Home. St. Bernard Plays Barker. The First Million-Man March. 15. Damascus Mystery: A Crusade Disappears! Zengi''s Son Takes Up the Banner. The Damascus Debacle. An Unsolved Mystery. 16. The Crusader Kingdom Is Cursed. Nur ed-Din Eyes the Nile. Alliances Go Haywire. Saladin Moves Up. The Crusader Kingdom on the Ropes. 17. Saladin Triumphant: The Crusader Kingdom _Collapses. Reynald of Chatillon. The Great Moslem Army Assembles. The Crusader Kingdom Falls. V. THE THIRD CRUSADE: THE RAGE OF A LION. 18. After the Fall: The Call for a Third Crusade. A Moral Morass. God''s Judgment Launches the Crusade. 19. Richard: The Real Lion King. King Richard. Richard''s Sicilian Sojourn. The Crusaders Set Sail. 20. The Battle at Acre. Guy''s Quandary. Acre Surrenders. Post-Battle Business. 21. Richard vs. Saladin: The Clash of Titans. Richard''s March to Jerusalem. Richard the Lion Heart. 6. THE COURTH CRUSADE. 22. Na ve Nobles Court the Doge to Fund the Fourth Crusade. Enlist or Be Damned. The Boy Nobles Take Up the Cross. 23. The Crusaders in Venice: Deals and Detours. The Christian Army Gathers in Venice. The Zara Imbroglio. Alexis vs. Alexis. The Crusaders Take Constantinople. 24. The Fall of Constantinople Ends the _Crusade That Never Began. The Empire Changes Hands. The Crusaders Sack Constantinople. Byzantium Becomes Romania! 25. The Children''s Crusade: The Final _March of Folly. German Children March to Disaster. French Children Drown or Are Enslaved. The Crusade Spirit Penetrates Feudal Life. 7. THE COLLAPSE OF THE CRUSADES. 26. The Fifth Crusade: Washout on the Nile. The Fifth Crusade Gears Up. The Egyptian Misadventure. 27. An Excommunicated Emperor Leads the _Sixth Crusade. The Enigmatic Emperor Frederick II. Frederick Wins-And Loses-Jerusalem. 28. A Crusading Saint Takes Charge. The Crusade Against the Crusader. Yet Another Crusade to Free Jerusalem. King Louis IX. The Seventh Crusade. 29. The End of the Latin East. King Louis Counts His Troubles. The Mongol-Christian Alliance. The Mamelukes. APPENDIXES. Appendix A. Glossary. Appendix B. Further Reading. Index.
SynopsisPresents a history of the Crusades discussing why these wars began and their impact on the world, the origins of Holy Orders and the roles they played in the Crusades, and life in the Middle Ages., You're no idiot, of course. You know the Crusades were a war between Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land . However, these bloody conflicts raged over centuries, under changing circumstances, making the whole story difficult to follow. You don't have to don armor and cross deserts to relive the Crusades! The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the Crusades shows you why these wars began, why they continued for so long, and how their impact on the world still resonates. This Complete Idiot's Guide® gives you: --An introduction to the Dark Ages and the Renaissance, and why Pope Urban II would grant absolution to anyone who reclaimed the Holy Land for Christianity. --The origins of such Holy Orders as the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers, and the Teutonic Knights-and the roles they played during the Crusades. --The creation of such items as chastity belts, razors, stained glass, perfume, the crossbow, the compass, and public latrines. --The nobles-Richard the Lion Heart, Louis IX, and Frederick II-and the Muslim leaders-Saladin, Zengi, and Nur ed-Din-who held the lives of thousands in their hands., The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the Crusades is a journey into the clash between Christianity and Islam in a two-hundred-year battle for the soul of man and the profits of trade. It was a time when western civilization brought the world such items as chastity belts, razors, stained glass, perfume, gunpowder, the compass, and even public latrines. The book will record every step of this 1,000-mile journey: the epic battles of Antioch, Jerusalem, and Acre and, ultimately, the battle for the souls of all men. It was a war that, in many ways, is still being fought today in various spots on the globe.
LC Classification NumberD158.W55 2002
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