The First Crusade The Call from the East |
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Author:
| Frankopan, Peter |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-05994-8 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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Imprint: | Belknap Press |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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According to tradition, the First Crusade began at Pope Urban IIâe(tm)s instigation and culminated in July 1099, when western European knights liberated Jerusalem. But what if the First Crusadeâe(tm)s real catalyst lay far to the east of Rome? Countering nearly a millennium of scholarship, Peter Frankopan reveals the First Crusadeâe(tm)s untold history.
According to tradition, the First Crusade began at Pope Urban IIâe(tm)s instigation and culminated in July 1099, when western European knights liberated Jerusalem. But what if the First Crusadeâe(tm)s real catalyst lay far to the east of Rome? Countering nearly a millennium of scholarship, Peter Frankopan reveals the First Crusadeâe(tm)s untold history.