How To Plan A Crusade: Reason And Religious War In The High Middle Ages

byChristopher Tyerman

October 25, 2016|
How To Plan A Crusade: Reason And Religious War In The High Middle Ages by Christopher Tyerman
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''Wonderfully written and characteristically brilliant'' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads

''Elegant, readable ... an impressive synthesis ... Not many historians could have done it'' - Jonathan Sumption, Spectator

''Tyerman''s book is fascinating not just for what it has to tell us about the Crusades, but for the mirror it holds up to today''s religious extremism'' - Tom Holland, Spectator

Thousands left their homelands in the Middle Ages to fight wars abroad. But how did the Crusades actually happen? From recruitment propaganda to raising money, ships to siege engines, medicine to the power of prayer, this vivid, surprising history shows holy war - and medieval society - in a new light.

Christopher Tyerman is a Fellow and Tutor in History at Hertford College, Oxford and Lecturer in Medieval History at New College, Oxford. He has written extensively on the crusades, most recently God''s War: A New History of the Crusades and The Debate on the Crusades. He is also the editor of the Penguin Classics edition of the Chron...
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Title:How To Plan A Crusade: Reason And Religious War In The High Middle Ages
Format:Paperback
Product dimensions:500 pages, 7.73 X 5.1 X 1.02 in
Shipping dimensions:500 pages, 7.73 X 5.1 X 1.02 in
Published:October 25, 2016
Publisher:Penguin Uk
Language:English
Appropriate for ages:All ages
ISBN - 13:9780241954652

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