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The New Concise History of the Crusades (Critical Issues in World and International History) |  | Author: Thomas F. Madden
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Sales Rank: 53048
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Updated Student Edition
Pages: 280
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0742538230
EAN: 9780742538238
ASIN: 0742538230
Publication Date: November 10, 2005
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Product Description
How have the crusades contributed to Islamist rage and terrorism today? Were the crusades the Christian equivalent of modern jihad? In this sweeping yet crisp history, Thomas F. Madden offers a brilliant and compelling narrative of the crusades and their contemporary relevance.
With a cry of "God wills it!" medieval knights ushered in a new era in European history. Across Europe a wave of pious enthusiasm led many thousands to leave their homes, family, and friends to march to distant lands in a great struggle for Christ. Yet the crusades were more than simply a holy war. They represent a synthesis of attitudes and values that were uniquely medieval--so medieval, in fact, that the crusading movement is rarely understood today.
Placing all the major crusades within the medieval social, economic, religious, and intellectual environments that gave birth to the movement and nurtured it for centuries, Madden brings the distant medieval world vividly to life. From Palestine and Europe's farthest reaches, each crusade is recounted in a clear, concise narrative. The author gives special attention as well to the crusades' effects on the Islamic world and the Christian Byzantine East.
More information is available on the author's website.
Download the Powerpoint Presentation to view area maps for the New Concise History of the Crusades.
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