Exploring both Arab and European points of view, this is a fascinating account of the crusades, the bloody confrontation between two very different worlds.
Essential reading for our times.
In 1095 Pope Urban II summoned the Christian world to a religious war to secure safe access to the Holy Land. Against all the odds, the Christian army fought its way across Asia Minor and captured Jerusalem, establishing a kingdom that was to last for two hundred years.
| ISBN: | 9780500300640 |
| Publication date: | 7th May 1996 |
| Author: | Georges Tate |
| Publisher: | Thames and Hudson an imprint of Thames and Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | New Horizons |
| Genres: |
General and world history |