The crusades are often seen as epitomising a period when hostility between Christian West and the Muslim Near East reached an all time high. As this edited volume reveals, however, the era was one which saw both conflict and cohabitation.
Tackling such questions as whether medicinal and architectural innovations came to Europe as a direct result of the Crusades, and why and how peace treaties and intermarriages were formed between the different cultures, this distinguished group of contributors reveal how the Holy Wars led on the one hand to a reinforcement of the beliefs and...
The crusades are often seen as epitomising a period when hostility between Christian West and the Muslim Near East reached an all time high. As thi...
The Book of Curses is full of dark, wicked magic. Open it only if you dare Alex Zwick never does what he is told. So when he finds a magic book, he just can't stop making wishes: even when they go horribly wrong. Can Alex and his friend Emily outsmart the book? Or will the chillingly evil laughter of the book ring out in triumph yet again? With new illustrations throughout by award-winning artist J O Callaghan.
The Book of Curses is full of dark, wicked magic. Open it only if you dare Alex Zwick never does what he is told. So when he finds a magic book, he j...
The crusades are often seen as epitomising a period when hostility between Christian West and the Muslim Near East reached an all time high. As this edited volume reveals, however, the era was one which saw both conflict and cohabitation.
Tackling such questions as whether medicinal and architectural innovations came to Europe as a direct result of the Crusades, and why and how peace treaties and intermarriages were formed between the different cultures, this distinguished group of contributors reveal how the Holy Wars led on the one hand to a reinforcement of the beliefs and...
The crusades are often seen as epitomising a period when hostility between Christian West and the Muslim Near East reached an all time high. As thi...
The story of the final battle of the First Crusade The most extraordinary siege in medieval history began with the arrival of a Christian army at Jerusalem on the dawn of Tuesday, 6 June, 1099. Other sieges may have lasted longer, involved greater numbers of troops, and deployed more siege engines but nothing else in the entire medieval period compares to the extraordinary journey that the besiegers had made to get to their goal and the heady religious enthusiasm among the troops.
This was the culmination of the First crusade, a military pilgrimage that had seen hundreds...
The story of the final battle of the First Crusade The most extraordinary siege in medieval history began with the arrival of a Christia...
