LEADER 03967nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910465509303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-06499-2 010 $a0-674-06902-1 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674064997 035 $a(CKB)2560000000082519 035 $a(OCoLC)794004243 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10568046 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000655951 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11955691 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655951 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10631226 035 $a(PQKB)11345700 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301102 035 $a(DE-B1597)178170 035 $a(OCoLC)840441145 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674064997 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301102 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10568046 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000082519 100 $a20111208e20122011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe First Crusade$b[electronic resource] $ethe call from the East /$fPeter Frankopan 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cBelknap Press of Harvard University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-97078-0 311 $a0-674-05994-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tMaps -- $tPreface and Acknowledgements -- $tAuthor's Note -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Europe in Crisis -- $t2. The Recovery of Constantinople -- $t3. Stability in the East -- $t4. The Collapse of Asia Minor -- $t5. On the Brink of Disaster -- $t6. The Call from the East -- $t7. The Response of the West -- $t8. To the Imperial City -- $t9. First Encounters with the Enemy -- $t10. The Struggle for the Soul of the Crusade -- $t11. The Crusade Unravels -- $t12. The Consequences of the First Crusade -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tFurther Reading -- $tIndex 330 $aAccording to tradition, the First Crusade began at the instigation of Pope Urban II and culminated in July 1099, when thousands of western European knights liberated Jerusalem from the rising menace of Islam. But what if the First Crusade's real catalyst lay far to the east of Rome? In this groundbreaking book, countering nearly a millennium of scholarship, Peter Frankopan reveals the untold history of the First Crusade.Nearly all historians of the First Crusade focus on the papacy and its willing warriors in the West, along with innumerable popular tales of bravery, tragedy, and resilience. In sharp contrast, Frankopan examines events from the East, in particular from Constantinople, seat of the Christian Byzantine Empire. The result is revelatory. The true instigator of the First Crusade, we see, was the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, who in 1095, with his realm under siege from the Turks and on the point of collapse, begged the pope for military support. Basing his account on long-ignored eastern sources, Frankopan also gives a provocative and highly original explanation of the world-changing events that followed the First Crusade. The Vatican's victory cemented papal power, while Constantinople, the heart of the still-vital Byzantine Empire, never recovered. As a result, both Alexios and Byzantium were consigned to the margins of history. From Frankopan's revolutionary work, we gain a more faithful understanding of the way the taking of Jerusalem set the stage for western Europe's dominance up to the present day and shaped the modern world. 606 $aCrusades$yFirst, 1096-1099 607 $aByzantine Empire$xHistory$yAlexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCrusades 676 $a956/.014 700 $aFrankopan$b Peter$0617270 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465509303321 996 $aThe First Crusade$92444151 997 $aUNINA