The First Crusade A New History by Thomas Asbridge
A New History
A vivid, panoramic account of the First Crusade that traces how Pope Urban II’s call, Byzantine politics, and a mixture of popular religious fervor and aristocratic ambition propelled disparate bands of pilgrims and knights across the Mediterranean to besiege Antioch and capture Jerusalem, often amid shocking violence and complex negotiations. Drawing on Christian and Muslim sources, it reconstructs the personalities, motives, military campaigns, and immediate consequences to show the crusade as a deeply human, chaotic, and transformative episode that reshaped East–West relations and religious conflict.
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- Published
- 2004
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- British
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- English
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