Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-291) and index.
Synopsis
In this absorbing and informative new book, medieval scholar Hindley recounts the colorful history behind the Crusades that for more than five centuries have periodically perturbed European history, troubled Christian consciences, and embittered Muslim attitudes toward the West.
Table of Contents
Beginnings 632-1095 -- The First Crusade 1095-1099 -- Life and politics in a multicultural world -- The Second Crusade : disaster on the road to Damascus -- Turk and Kurd : heroes of Islam -- Women and an alternative feudalism -- Loss of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade 1187-1192 -- The Fourth Crusade : the Latin conquest of Constantinople and the scandal of Christendom -- Heathen, heretics and children -- Triumphs of an excommunicated emperor -- The failures of a saint -- Acre and after -- Chivalry in action and Nicopolis "The last crusade" -- The lingering decline of a flawed ideal -- Epilogue : the aftermath -- Appendix I: the Popes, from Gregory VII to Sixtus V -- Appendix II: Rulers of the kingdom of Jerusalem -- Appendix III: Ayyubid dynasty--rulers of Egypt -- Appendix IV: Byzantine Emperors at the time of the first Crusades -- Appendix V: Ottoman princes and sultans 1300-1566 -- Appendix VI: Western emperors 1056-1555.