The Crusader States and Their Neighbours: 1098-1291

ISBN-13: 9780582369313 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 112 str.

P. M. Holt

Opis

Although the crusader states in the Holy Land were never hugely powerful in themselves, they had significance out of all proportion to their size for medieval Christendom at large, and were the continuing focal point for the crusading impulse from the west, a topic discussed in this text.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. The First Crusade and its Impact 2. Politics and Warfare 0197-1119 3. From the Field of Blood to the Second Crusade 1119-1149 4. Nur Al-Din, Saladin and the Frankish States 5. The Frankish States and the Later Ayyubids 6. The Frankish States and the Early Mamluk Sultans Conclusion Bibliography

O autorze

P.M. Holt