"God Wills It!"
Author : William Stearns Davis
Publisher :
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 14,71 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Crusades
ISBN :
God Wills It! A Tale of the First Crusade
Author : William Stearns Davis
Publisher : Litres
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 24,38 MB
Release : 2019-03-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 5041579024
Book Description
God Wills It!
Author : W. B. Bartlett
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 10,49 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Design
ISBN :
Book Description
The dramatic history of the movement which throughout much of the Middle Ages sought to establish Christianity in the place of its birth. A tale of wordy ambition and spiritual sacrifice, pride and humility, extraordinary valor and despicable cowardice.
The First Crusade
Author : Peter Frankopan
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 30,67 MB
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0674064992
Book Description
According to tradition, the First Crusade began at Pope Urban II’s instigation and culminated in July 1099, when western European knights liberated Jerusalem. But what if the First Crusade’s real catalyst lay far to the east of Rome? Countering nearly a millennium of scholarship, Peter Frankopan reveals the First Crusade’s untold history.
Defending the City of God
Author : Sharan Newman
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,19 MB
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 113727865X
Book Description
"A fresh and highly accessible history of the Holy Lands during the Middle Ages, revealing a rich and diverse culture and the fight to save Jerusalem from the Crusaders"--
God's Battalions
Author : Rodney Stark
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 23,86 MB
Release : 2009-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0061582611
Book Description
In God's Battalions, award-winning author Rodney Stark takes on the long-held view that the Crusades were the first round of European colonialism, conducted for land, loot, and converts by barbarian Christians who victimized the cultivated Muslims. To the contrary, Stark argues that the Crusades were the first military response to unwarranted Muslim terrorist aggression. Stark reviews the history of the seven major Crusades from 1095 to 1291, demonstrating that the Crusades were precipitated by Islamic provocations, centuries of bloody attempts to colonize the West, and sudden attacks on Christian pilgrims and holy places. Although the Crusades were initiated by a plea from the pope, Stark argues that this had nothing to do with any elaborate design of the Christian world to convert all Muslims to Christianity by force of arms. Given current tensions in the Middle East and terrorist attacks around the world, Stark's views are a thought-provoking contribution to our understanding and are sure to spark debate.
Deus Vult
Author : Jem Duducu
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 31,50 MB
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1445640880
Book Description
A new and accessible history of the crusades, covering the nine Middle-Eastern crusades along with the less-well-known European ones
The First Crusade
Author : Thomas Asbridge
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 29,55 MB
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1849837694
Book Description
'A nuanced and sophisticated analysis... Exhilarating' Sunday Telegraph Nine hundred years ago, one of the most controversial episodes in Christian history was initiated. The Pope stated that, in spite of the apparently pacifist message of the New Testament, God actually wanted European knights to wage a fierce and bloody war against Islam and recapture Jerusalem. Thus was the First Crusade born. Focusing on the characters that drove this extraordinary campaign, this fascinating period of history is recreated through awe-inspiring and often barbaric tales of bold adventure while at the same time providing significant insights into early medieval society, morality and mentality. The First Crusade marked a watershed in relations between Islam and the West, a conflict that set these two world religions on a course towards deep-seated animosity and enduring enmity. The chilling reverberations of this earth-shattering clash still echo in the world today. '[Asbridge] balances persuasive analysis with a flair for conveying with dramatic power the crusaders' plight' Financial Times
God's War
Author : Christopher Tyerman
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 22,29 MB
Release : 2007-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0141904313
Book Description
'Wonderfully written and characteristically brilliant' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads 'Elegant, readable ... an impressive synthesis ... Not many historians could have done it' - Jonathan Sumption, Spectator 'Tyerman's book is fascinating not just for what it has to tell us about the Crusades, but for the mirror it holds up to today's religious extremism' - Tom Holland, Spectator Thousands left their homelands in the Middle Ages to fight wars abroad. But how did the Crusades actually happen? From recruitment propaganda to raising money, ships to siege engines, medicine to the power of prayer, this vivid, surprising history shows holy war - and medieval society - in a new light.
Jerusalem Falls
Author : Thomas Esson Ewing
Publisher : Canoe Tree Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 49,15 MB
Release : 2019-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781733838474
Book Description
Spring, 1096. Europe's princes march their armies toward the Holy Land. They are accompanied by tens of thousands of pilgrims, led by a fiery preacher Peter the Hermit. Their destination is Jerusalem, the holiest of all Christian cities. Their goal is to conquer the Muslim occupation. History will call them the First Crusade. Among the pilgrims is Oderic of Rheims, a Benedictine monk from eastern France. He's devoted to the cause, but the Crusade will test every vow he swore to the Church. His poverty will be challenged by greed, his obedience tempted by blood lust. But it's his oath of chastity facing the greatest trial, in a deep, secret love for Rebecca, a Jewish woman Oderic rescues on the long road to Jerusalem. The four-year journey is filled with unimaginable hardships and dangers: terrifying Turkish armies, impregnable cities, a death march, starvation, excruciating thirst, desertions. Ninety percent of the Crusaders will never see Europe again. As Oderic evolves from priest to warrior to lover, he realizes he will not return to Europe the same man. If he returns at all.
