A History of the Crusades I - The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

The first volume of Steven Runciman''s classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusadesbr>br>''On a February day in the year AD 638 the Caliph Omar entered Jerusalem, riding upon a white camel''br>br>An enthralling work of grand historical narrative, Steven Runciman''s A History of the Crusades overturned the traditional view of the Crusades as a romantic Christian adventure, and instead shifted the focus of the story to the East. With verve and drama, volume one of Runciman''s trilogy tells the story of the First Crusade - from its unlikely beginnings in pilgrimage to the horrors of the siege of Jerusalem and the carving out of new territory on the edge of the eastern Mediterranean.br>br>''Without question one of the major feats of contemporary historical writing'' The New York Timesbr>br>''The historian whose magisterial works transformed our understanding of Byzantium, the medieval church and the crusades'' Guardian>

Product details

• Authors: Steven Runciman
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 24.11.2016
• EAN: 9780141985503
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198550-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 401 g
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book; Christentum, Militär, Europa, Naher und Mittlerer Osten, 1000 bis 1500 nach Christus, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Europäische Geschichte: Mittelalter, Kreuzritter, Kreuzzüge, Krieg und militärische Operationen, Kreuzfahrer, Weltreligionen / Christentum, RELIGION / Christianity / History, Englische Bücher / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Zeitgeschichte, Kreuzzug - Kreuzritter, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Christianity, minoo dinshaw; outlandish knight; asbridge; tyerman; israel, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, jerusalem; israel; tyerman; outlandish knight