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The First Crusade - The Military Expedition to Regain the Holy Lands, 1096-1099 (Paperback)
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The First Crusade - The Military Expedition to Regain the Holy Lands, 1096-1099 (Paperback)
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Loot Price R538
Discovery Miles 5 380
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The cataclysmic collision of two great religions
As the Seljuk Turks pressed ever closer to the Byzantine Empire,
the stage became set for a conflict of faith and political interest
which would bathe the known world with blood and create lasting
animosities the ramifications of which would be felt through the
centuries to the present day. The original ideological mission
clearly offered opportunities of the most material kind which were
readily apparent to the soldiers of fortune of Northern Europe.
What began, for some, as essentially a relief mission quickly
acquired a new objective, which because of its inspirational as
well as its financial potential soon became its primary one-the
taking of the city of Jerusalem, sacred to both religious factions.
The First Crusade was to become the precursor of many wars of
belief and power between the West and East. It brought to the fore
men of great military ability, avarice and influence on both sides.
It was a long, hard campaign fought across the Middle East and
brought collisions in open battle and the sieges of great cities
and citadels-both assaulted and defended. This book chronicles that
crusade's history.
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