The Crusades
a history
- ISBN: 9781350028616
- Editorial: Bloomsbury Academic
- Fecha de la edición: 2023
- Lugar de la edición: London. Reino Unido
- Edición número: 4th ed.
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 480
- Idiomas: Inglés
This fully updated and expanded edition of The Crusades: A History provides an authoritative exploration of one of the most significant topics in medieval and religious history. From the First Crusade right up to the present day, Jonathan Riley-Smith and Susanna Throop investigate the phenomenon of crusading and the crusaders themselves. Now in its 4th edition, this landmark text includes: - A new and more balanced book structure with updated terminology designed to help instructors and students alike - Deliberate incorporation of a wider range of historical perspectives, including Byzantine and Islamic historiographies, crusading against Christians and within Europe, women and gender, and the crusades in the context of Afro-Eurasian history - A dramatically expanded discussion of crusading from the sixteenth through twenty-first centuries - A fully up-to-date bibliographic essay - Additional textboxes, maps, and images The Crusades: A History is the definitive text on the subject for students and scholars alike.
1. Studying the History of the Crusades
2. The Emergence of the First Crusade
3. The First Crusade
4. The Early Crusader States, 1099-1150
5. Diversification, 1099-1150
6. Development, 1150-1198
7. Intensification, 1198-1240
8. Institutionalization, 1198-1240
9. Ambitions and Rebellions, 1240-1300
10. Reimagined, 1300-1370
11. Reconfigured, 1370-1520
12. Persistent, 1520-1750
13. Legacies, 1750 to the 21st Century
