What were the Crusades?
- ISBN: 9780230220690
- Editorial: Palgrave MacMillan
- Fecha de la edición: 2009
- Lugar de la edición: New Yok. Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
- Edición número: 4th ed
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 20 cm
- Nº Pág.: 117
- Idiomas: Inglés
Riley-Smith's acclaimed book is now regarded as a classic short study. The updated fourth edition of this essential introduction features a new Preface which surveys and reviews developments in crusading scholarship, a new map, material on a child crusader, and a short discussion of the current effects of aggressive Pan-Islamism. Contents: Preface Preface to Second Edition Preface to Third Edition Preface to Fourth Edition Map: The Theatres of War What Were the Crusades? A Just Cause Legitimate Authority Who Were the Crusaders? When were the Crusades? Chronology, 1095-1798 Select Bibliography of Secondary Works Index JONATHAN RILEY-SMITH is Dixie Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge, UK, and a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, UK.
Preface.- Preface to Second Edition.- Preface to Third Edition.- Preface to Fourth Edition.- Map: The Theatres of War.- What Were the Crusades?.- A Just Cause.- Legitimate Authority.- Who Were the Crusaders?.- When were the Crusades?.- Chronology, 1095-1798.- Select Bibliography of Secondary Works.- Index.
