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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809383803321

Autore

Paine Mike

Titolo

The crusades / / by Mike Paine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harpenden, : Pocket Essentials, 2001

ISBN

1-84243-652-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 p.)

Collana

The pocket essential

Disciplina

909.07

Soggetti

Crusades

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Acknowledgements; Contents; PROLOGUE: THE LAST CRUSADE; PART ONE: THE ISLAMIC WORLD & THE EAST; PART TWO: THE FIRST AND SECOND CRUSADES; PART THREE: THE THIRD AND FOURTH CRUSADES; PART FOUR: LATER CRUSADES; PART FIVE: THE FALL OF ACRE AND AFTERWARDS; CHRONOLOGY; FURTHER READING; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

The first crusade was set in motion by Pope Urban II in 1095 and culminated in the capture of Jerusalem from the Muslims four years later. In 1291 the fall of Acre marked the loss of the last Christian enclave in the Holy Land.This Pocket Essential traces the chronology of the Crusades between these two dates and highlights legendary figures such as Richard the Lionheart and Saladin.  The Crusades explores the creation and subsequent struggles to survive of the kingdom of Jerusalem and other crusader states, while also assessing the successes and failures of the Third Crusade. It look