{"product_id":"the-crusades-the-essential-readings-paperback-softback-9780631230236","title":"The Crusades; The Essential Readings (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631230236","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Crusades\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Essential Readings\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas F. Madden (Edited by), TE Madden (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631230236, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 June 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 2 cm, 0.494 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Madden's new book seeks to bridge the gap between popular caricatures of the crusades and the more balanced picture of the movement that historians have been producing for more than a generation. The dozen specimens of lively recent scholarship on the crusades that Madden has assembled here are shrewdly calculated to provoke students into rethinking what they thought they knew about the crusading movement.” \u003ci\u003eJames A. Brundage,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Kansas\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe twelve readings in this volume represent some of the best recent scholarship on the Crusades.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments. \u003cp\u003eEditor's Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I What Were the Crusades?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Pope Urban II's Preaching of the First Crusade. (H. E. J. Cowdrey).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Crusading as an Act of Love. (Jonathan Riley-Smith).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Reconquest and Crusade in Spain, c. 1050-1150. (R. A. Fletcher).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Crusades Against Christians. (Norman Housley).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Were There Any Crusades in the Twelfth Century? (Christopher J. Tyerman).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II Who Were the Crusaders?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Medieval Charters as a Source for the History of the Crusades. (Giles Constable).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Early Crusaders to the East and the Costs of Crusading, 1095-1130. (Jonathan Riley-Smith).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Roots of Lay Enthusiasm for the First Crusade. (Marcus Bull).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Patronage and the Appeal of the First Crusade. (John France).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III Impact of the Crusades on the East.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Byzantium and the Crusades. (Steven Runciman).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Reaction of Syrian Muslims after the Foundation of the First Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. (Nikita Elisséeff).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Subjected Muslims of the Frankish Levant. (Benjamin Z. Kedar).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472078565656,"sku":"9780631230236","price":35.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631230236.jpg?v=1785716213","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-crusades-the-essential-readings-paperback-softback-9780631230236","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}