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The Crusades /

It was a great adventure, motivated by more than simply religion or pure aggression: the Crusades resulted from an emotional climate that led people from all walks of life to leave their homes and follow the unattainable ideal of a heavenly Jerusalem here on Earth. A prize-winning author paints a po...

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Main Author: Oldenbourg, Zoé, 1916-2002, (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1966.
Subjects and Genres:
1096-1192
Crusades.
Crusades > First, 1096-1099.
Crusades > Second, 1147-1149.
Crusades > Third, 1189-1192.
Religion > history
Warfare > history
Croisades.
Croisades > 1re croisade, 1096-1099.
Croisades > 2e croisade, 1147-1149.
Croisades > 3e croisade, 1189-1192.
Latin Orient > History.
Orient latin > Histoire.
Middle East > Latin Orient.
Crusades
History.
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Summary: It was a great adventure, motivated by more than simply religion or pure aggression: the Crusades resulted from an emotional climate that led people from all walks of life to leave their homes and follow the unattainable ideal of a heavenly Jerusalem here on Earth. A prize-winning author paints a portrait of the whole of feudal society, evoking its exceptional vitality and the ingenuity of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem--one of the more sophisticated achievements of the Middle Ages--and personalities such as Tancred, Peter the Hermit, Richard the Lionhearted, and Saladin.
Physical Description: xviii, 650 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 628-632).

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