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Crusades - Volume 11 (Hardcover, New Ed): Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith Crusades - Volume 11 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith
R3,866 Discovery Miles 38 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades appears in both print and online editions.

The Routledge Guidebook to Mill's On Liberty (Paperback): Jonathan Riley The Routledge Guidebook to Mill's On Liberty (Paperback)
Jonathan Riley; Series edited by Anthony Gottlieb
R850 Discovery Miles 8 500 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

John Stuart Mill's On Liberty is widely regarded as one of the most influential and stirring pieces of political philosophy ever written. Ever relevant in our increasingly surveillance dominated culture, the essay argues strongly in favour of the moral rights of individuality, including rights of privacy and of freedom of expression. The Routledge Guidebook to Mill's On Liberty introduces the major themes in Mill's great book and aids the reader in understanding this key work, covering: the context of Mill's work and the background to his writing each separate part of the text in relation to its goals, meanings and impact the reception the book received when first seen by the world the relevance of Mill's work to modern philosophy. With further reading included for each chapter, this text is essential reading for all students of philosophy and political theory, and all those wishing to get to grips with this classic work of political philosophy.

Crusades - Volume 15 (Hardcover): Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Nikolaos G. Chrissis Crusades - Volume 15 (Hardcover)
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Nikolaos G. Chrissis
R4,001 Discovery Miles 40 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades also incorporates the Society's Bulletin.

Crusaders and Settlers in the Latin East (Paperback): Jonathan Riley-Smith Crusaders and Settlers in the Latin East (Paperback)
Jonathan Riley-Smith
R1,432 Discovery Miles 14 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The studies here reflect Jonathan Riley-Smith's work as a historian, which began with research on the history of the military orders, the specific focus of the third section here. Out of this grew the concerns covered in the previous sections: an interest in the political and constitutional history of the kingdom of Jerusalem and the relations of the western settlers with the indigenous population of Palestine and Syria; the theory of crusading, involving research on theology and canon law, and the rAle of the popes as preachers, and at the same time detailed consideration of the responses of lay men and women to the ideas that were being presented to them. The two final papers explore some of the implications of crusading ideology and mythology in the modern world.

The Crusades: A History (Paperback, 4th edition): Jonathan Riley-Smith, Susanna A Throop The Crusades: A History (Paperback, 4th edition)
Jonathan Riley-Smith, Susanna A Throop
R924 R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Save R70 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This fully updated and expanded edition of The Crusades: A History provides an authoritative exploration of one of the most significant topics in medieval and religious history. From the First Crusade right up to the present day, Jonathan Riley-Smith and Susanna Throop investigate the phenomenon of crusading and the crusaders themselves. Now in its 4th edition, this landmark text includes: - A new and more balanced book structure with updated terminology designed to help instructors and students alike - Deliberate incorporation of a wider range of historical perspectives, including Byzantine and Islamic historiographies, crusading against Christians and within Europe, women and gender, and the crusades in the context of Afro-Eurasian history - A dramatically expanded discussion of crusading from the 16th through to the 21st century - A fully up-to-date bibliographic essay - Additional textboxes, maps, and images The Crusades: A History is the definitive text on the subject for students and scholars alike.

Crusades - Volume 14 (Hardcover, New Ed): Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith Crusades - Volume 14 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith
R4,014 Discovery Miles 40 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades appears in both print and online editions.

Crusades - Volume 13 (Hardcover, New Ed): Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith Crusades - Volume 13 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith
R3,863 Discovery Miles 38 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades appears in both print and online editions.

Crusades - Volume 12 (Hardcover, New Ed): Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith Crusades - Volume 12 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith
R3,861 Discovery Miles 38 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades appears in both print and online editions.

Crusades - Volume 10 (Hardcover, New Ed): Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith Crusades - Volume 10 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith
R3,835 Discovery Miles 38 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades appears in both print and online editions.

Crusades - Volume 9 (Hardcover, New ed.): Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith Crusades - Volume 9 (Hardcover, New ed.)
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith
R3,835 Discovery Miles 38 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades appears in both print and online editions.

Crusades - Volume 8 (Hardcover, New Ed): Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith Crusades - Volume 8 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith
R3,984 Discovery Miles 39 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades appears in both print and online editions. Volume 8 begins with Adrian J. Boas and Aren M. Maeir on the Frankish Castle of Blanche Garde and the Medieval and Modern Village of Tell es-Safi in the light of recent discoveries.

Crusades - Volume 7 (Hardcover, New Ed): Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith Crusades - Volume 7 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith
R3,835 Discovery Miles 38 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades appears in both print and online editions. In this issue, Jonathan Riley-Smith studies the death and burial of Latin Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem and Acre and Andrew Jotischky studies the Christians of Jerusalem, the Holy Sepulchre and the origins of the First Crusade.

Crusades - Volume 5 (Hardcover, New Ed): Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith Crusades - Volume 5 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith
R3,835 Discovery Miles 38 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Ashgate publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Because the greatest need appears to be for more historical sources - narrative, homiletic and documentary - to be made available in trustworthy editions, editorial preference is given here to the publication of texts in both European and oriental languages, although interpretative material is welcomed too. Crusades also incorporates the Society's Bulletin. Crusades 5 includes articles by John France, Emily Savage-Smith, Charles Burnett and Edward Peters.

Crusades - Volume 4 (Hardcover, New Ed): Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith Crusades - Volume 4 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith
R3,536 Discovery Miles 35 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades appears in both print and online editions. Issue 4 of Crusades kicks off with Graham Loud's reflections on the failure of the Second Crusade and also features Susan Edgington's administrative regulations for the Hospital of St John in Jerusalem dating from the 1180s.

Crusades - Volume 3 (Hardcover, New Ed): Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith Crusades - Volume 3 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith
R3,536 Discovery Miles 35 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades appears in both print and online editions. The third issue of the Crusades features articles from Denys Pringle on Crusader inscriptions, Bejamin Z. Kadar on the massacre of 15 July 1099 and Peter Frankopan on co-operation between Constantinople and Rome before the First Crusade.

Crusades - Volume 2 (Hardcover, New Ed): Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith Crusades - Volume 2 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith
R3,541 Discovery Miles 35 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The subject of the crusades is enormous, covering 700 years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and comprising scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Although in almost every one of the many topics into which the subject is divided there is lively debate and development, there has not been a journal dedicated to the history of the crusades since the Revue de l'Orient latin, which flourished a century ago. the Latin East, which, together with Ashgate, has launched this journal. Because the greatest need appears to be for more historical sources - narrative, homiletic and documentary - to be made available in trustworthy editions, editorial preference will be given to the publication of texts in both European and oriental languages, although interpretative material will also be welcomed. Crusades also incorporates the Society's bulletin.

Crusades - Volume 1 (Hardcover, New Ed): Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith Crusades - Volume 1 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith
R3,536 Discovery Miles 35 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades appears in both print and online editions. This first edition of the journal includes contributions from Jonathan Riley-Smith refecting on the number of knights who participated in the First Crusade and the number of casualties and Peter W. Edbury on Fiefs and Vassals in the Kingdom of Jerusalem: from the Twelfth Century to the Thirteenth.

What Were the Crusades? (Paperback, 1977 ed.): Jonathan Riley-Smith What Were the Crusades? (Paperback, 1977 ed.)
Jonathan Riley-Smith
R1,489 Discovery Miles 14 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book deals with the legitimising authority of the papacy, the nature of the crusade vow and of the privilege accorded to crusaders, the developments of the indulgence, and the role of Military Orders.

The Routledge Guidebook to Mill's On Liberty (Hardcover): Jonathan Riley The Routledge Guidebook to Mill's On Liberty (Hardcover)
Jonathan Riley; Series edited by Anthony Gottlieb
R3,242 Discovery Miles 32 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

John Stuart Mill s On Liberty is widely regarded as one of the most influential and stirring pieces of political philosophy ever written. Ever relevant in our increasingly surveillance dominated culture, the statements made argue strongly in favour of the rights of the individual, privacy and freedom of expression. The Routledge Guidebook to Mill s On Liberty introduces the major themes in Mill s great book and aids the reader in understanding this key work, covering:

  • The context of Mill s work and the background to his writing
  • Each separate part of the text in relation to its goals, meanings and impact
  • The reception the book received when first seen by the world
  • The relevance of Mill s work to modern philosophy

With further reading included for each chapter, this text is essential reading for all students of philosophy and political theory, and all those wishing to get to grips with this classic work of political philosophy.

Crusades - Volume 6 (Hardcover, New Ed): Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith Crusades - Volume 6 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Riley-Smith
R3,995 Discovery Miles 39 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades appears in both print and online editions. Peter W. Edbury again features in an issue of Crusades, this time with his piece on The French translation of William of Tyre's Historia: the manuscript tradition.

The Crusades, Christianity, and Islam (Paperback): Jonathan Riley-Smith The Crusades, Christianity, and Islam (Paperback)
Jonathan Riley-Smith
R602 R516 Discovery Miles 5 160 Save R86 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Crusades were penitential war-pilgrimages fought in the Levant and the eastern Mediterranean, as well as in North Africa, Spain, Portugal, Poland, the Baltic region, Hungary, the Balkans, and Western Europe. Beginning in the eleventh century and ending as late as the eighteenth, these holy wars were waged against Muslims and other enemies of the Church, enlisting generations of laymen and laywomen to fight for the sake of Christendom.

Crusading features prominently in today's religio-political hostilities, yet the perceptions of these wars held by Arab nationalists, pan-Islamists, and many in the West have been deeply distorted by the language and imagery of nineteenth-century European imperialism. With this book, Jonathan Riley-Smith returns to the actual story of the Crusades, explaining why and where they were fought and how deeply their narratives and symbolism became embedded in popular Catholic thought and devotional life.

From this history, Riley-Smith traces the legacy of the Crusades into modern times, specifically within the attitudes of European imperialists and colonialists and within the beliefs of twentieth-century Muslims. Europeans fashioned an interpretation of the Crusades from the writings of Walter Scott and a French contemporary, Joseph-Fran?ois Michaud. Scott portrayed Islamic societies as forward-thinking, while casting Christian crusaders as culturally backward and often morally corrupt. Michaud, in contrast, glorified crusading, and his followers used its imagery to illuminate imperial adventures.

These depictions have had a profound influence on contemporary Western opinion, as well as on Muslim attitudes toward their past and present. Whether regarded as a valid expression of Christianity's divine enterprise or condemned as a weapon of empire, crusading has been a powerful rhetorical tool for centuries. In order to understand the preoccupations of Islamist jihadis and the character of Western discourse on the Middle East, Riley-Smith argues, we must understand how images of crusading were formed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Principles of Political Economy and Chapters on Socialism (Paperback): John Stuart Mill Principles of Political Economy and Chapters on Socialism (Paperback)
John Stuart Mill; Edited by Jonathan Riley
R350 R288 Discovery Miles 2 880 Save R62 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This volume unites, for the first time, Books IV and V of Mill's great treatise on political economy with his fragmentary chapters on socialism. It shows him applying his classical economic theory to policy questions of abiding concern, particularly the desirability of sustained growth of national wealth and population versus a stationary state, the merits of capitalism versus socialism, and the expedient scope of government intervention in the competitive market economy. His answers to those questions have considerable relevance today, and they serve to illustrate the enduring power and imagination of his distinctive liberal utilitarian philosophy. In his introduction, Jonathan Riley clarifies Mill's approach, considers what constitutes the Millian Utopia, and shows how examination of such an ideal society provides valuable insights into the structure of his philosophy. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The Crusades, Christianity, and Islam (Hardcover): Jonathan Riley-Smith The Crusades, Christianity, and Islam (Hardcover)
Jonathan Riley-Smith
R1,677 Discovery Miles 16 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Crusades were penitential war-pilgrimages fought in the Levant and the eastern Mediterranean, as well as in North Africa, Spain, Portugal, Poland, the Baltic region, Hungary, the Balkans, and Western Europe. Beginning in the eleventh century and ending as late as the eighteenth, these holy wars were waged against Muslims and other enemies of the Church, enlisting generations of laymen and laywomen to fight for the sake of Christendom.

Crusading features prominently in today's religio-political hostilities, yet the perceptions of these wars held by Arab nationalists, pan-Islamists, and many in the West have been deeply distorted by the language and imagery of nineteenth-century European imperialism. With this book, Jonathan Riley-Smith returns to the actual story of the Crusades, explaining why and where they were fought and how deeply their narratives and symbolism became embedded in popular Catholic thought and devotional life.

From this history, Riley-Smith traces the legacy of the Crusades into modern times, specifically within the attitudes of European imperialists and colonialists and within the beliefs of twentieth-century Muslims. Europeans fashioned an interpretation of the Crusades from the writings of Walter Scott and a French contemporary, Joseph-FranAois Michaud. Scott portrayed Islamic societies as forward-thinking, while casting Christian crusaders as culturally backward and often morally corrupt. Michaud, in contrast, glorified crusading, and his followers used its imagery to illuminate imperial adventures.

These depictions have had a profound influence on contemporary Western opinion, as well as on Muslim attitudes toward their past and present. Whetherregarded as a valid expression of Christianity's divine enterprise or condemned as a weapon of empire, crusading has been a powerful rhetorical tool for centuries. In order to understand the preoccupations of Islamist jihadis and the character of Western discourse on the Middle East, Riley-Smith argues, we must understand how images of crusading were formed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading (Paperback): Jonathan Riley-Smith The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading (Paperback)
Jonathan Riley-Smith
R763 Discovery Miles 7 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Focusing on the inner workings of the First Crusade in a way that no other work has done, "The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading" delves into the Crusade's organization, its finances, and the division of authority and responsibility among its leaders and their relationships with one another and with their subordinates.In the year 1095, Pope Urban II initiated what is known today as the First Crusade. His summons of the lay knights to the faith between 1095 and 1096 was Urban II's personal response to an appeal that had reached him from eastern Christians, the Pope referred to the struggle ahead as Christ's own war, to be fought in accordance with God's will and intentions. It was, too, called a war of liberation, designed to free the church and city of Jerusalem from oppression and pillage by the Muslims while liberating western Church from the errors into which it had fallen.In this classic work, presented here with a new introduction, one of the world's most renowned crusade historians approaches this central topic of medieval history with freshness and impeccable research. Through the vivid presentation of a wide range of European chronicles and charter collections, Jonathan Riley-Smith provides a striking illumination of crusader motives and responses and a thoughtful analysis of the mechanisms that made this expedition successful.

The Crusades: A History (Hardcover, 3rd edition): Jonathan Riley-Smith The Crusades: A History (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Jonathan Riley-Smith
R5,182 Discovery Miles 51 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Crusades: A History is the definitive account of a key topic in medieval and religious history. Jonathan Riley-Smith, a world authority on the subject, explores the organisation of a crusade, the experience of crusading and the crusaders themselves, producing a textbook that is as accessible as it is comprehensive. This exciting new third edition includes: - Substantial new material on crusade theory, historiography and translated texts - An expanded scope that extends the text to cover the decline of crusading in the nineteenth century - Valuable pedagogical features, such as a revised bibliography, maps, illustrations and a brand new chronology This book is essential reading for all students and scholars seeking to understand the Crusades and their significance in world history.

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