Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Phillips is Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades ; The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christianity; The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople ; The Crusades, 1095-1197 ; Defenders of the Holy Land, 1119-1187 and the co-editor of three academic essay collections on the Crusades. Phillips is the co-editor of the academic journal Crusades , writes for BBC History and History Today and has made numerous radio and television appearances. Klappentext A timely and highly readable account of the phenomenon of Crusades throughout history, now in paperback. 'Elegant storytelling... Phillips delivers an excellent, compelling, flamboyant and refreshing history of the crusades and wonderful character sketches' Simon Sebag Montefiore Zusammenfassung Although the notion of fighting for one's faith fell into disrepute in the Enlightenment, Phillips traces the crusading impulse from the bloody conquest of Jerusalem in the First Crusade and the titanic struggle between Richard the Lionheart and Saladin up to the present day - to George W.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Phillips, Professor Jonathan Phillips
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.09.2010
• EAN: 9781845950781
• ISBN: 978-1-84595-078-1
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book; Europe, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Military / Medieval, Middle East, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Battles & campaigns, Specific wars and campaigns