THE CRUSADES
by Robert Payne
In this masterly works , Robert Payne brings to life the crusades that founded vast kingdoms in Palestine nearly one thousand years ago.
This is a story of battles and valor , greed and piety, folly and baseness that mark the first major clash of Christianity and Islam.
Payne's book recreates two hundred years of crusader history with a blazing intensity that displays to the full his powers both as a scholar and story teller.
He covers all eight crusades in a magnificent sweep, from that of 1095 , inspired by Pope Urban II, to Louis I X's disastrous crusade of 1270.
This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the Middle Ages , and makes marvelous reading.
by Robert Payne
In this masterly works , Robert Payne brings to life the crusades that founded vast kingdoms in Palestine nearly one thousand years ago.
This is a story of battles and valor , greed and piety, folly and baseness that mark the first major clash of Christianity and Islam.
Payne's book recreates two hundred years of crusader history with a blazing intensity that displays to the full his powers both as a scholar and story teller.
He covers all eight crusades in a magnificent sweep, from that of 1095 , inspired by Pope Urban II, to Louis I X's disastrous crusade of 1270.
This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the Middle Ages , and makes marvelous reading.
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