The Crusades covers everything from the First Crusade (1095-99) through the Ninth Crusade (1271-72). The Crusades: Primary Sources includes full or excerpted papal documents, first person accounts (William of Tyre, Anna Comnena, Fulcher of Chartes, and others), various...
In 1095, Pope Urban II called upon Christians to march under the banner of the Cross and save their brothers in the East from the advance of Islam. This book tells the story of the fanatics and fantasists, knights and peasants who were caught up in these fervent times. It reveals...
The Crusades covers everything from the First Crusade (1095-99) through the Ninth Crusade (1271-72). The Crusades: Biographies explores many key figures, such as Pope Urban II, Saladin, Pope Innocent III, Peter the Hermit, Richard I of England, Frederick I of Germany,...