The a to Z of the Crusades

Informationen zum Autor Corliss K. Slack teaches European history and the crusades at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington. Her first book was a collection of charters left by crusaders departing from northern Europe between 1138 and 1275. She has also published articles on the reform of the secular church in the century between 1050 and 1150, and on the activities of the Premonstratensian Order in crusade preaching and procuration. Klappentext This one-volume overview provides an accessible reference work for scholars, students, and general readers on the period with numerous entries on key persons, places, events, battles and sieges, use of weapons and armor, and the deeper issues of the political and cultural background. Complete with a detailed chronology and a bibliography, this work allows readers to learn how Europe was changed forever by these battles with Islam.

Product details

• Authors: Corliss Slack, corliss k Slack, Corliss K. Slack
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2009
• EAN: 9780810868151
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-6815-1
• No. of pages: 271
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: The A to Z Guide Series; A to Z Guides; The A to Z Guide Series; A to Z Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works